Originally Posted by
Ace66
Maybe... but by giving up forced upgrades it hamstrings us on the next contract. So, they gave a bunch of "gives" this time in order to "get" forced upgrades playing the long game that the next contract they won't be forced into so many gives.
Who knows, with no forced upgrades maybe PHX and SEA or ??? would open up and drastically change the lives of hundreds of pilots.
You're smoking something powerful if you think unfilled Captain vacancies will be an issue in our next section 6 negotiation. There's a better than 50/50 chance that out next negotiation will be with the proverbial gun to our head. Even if not, we won't see a serious push for an AIP inside of 7 years. Either through growth or contraction, we will have no trouble filling Captain vacancies at that time.