Originally Posted by
ZebraSpots
And when your lynch party turns enough people off.
What then? “I told you so” won’t pay the bills either.
Luthi said he needed October. Many of us did.
Attrition will continue to drive the most leverage I’ve seen in this contract debate.
Y’all need to realize that they are covering the schedule with Selloffs and 70% aircraft availability months out. The VEDs and VAWDs are there for added reliability but they could eliminate them tomorrow.
Question: What happens when corporate eliminates an expense like VEDs and VAWDs from pilots who won’t take them? They get a bonus.
So, to be clear, you’re advocating the Bobo and AJ get a bonus by eliminating VAWDs and VEDs by saving money? Conversely, if pilots take VAWDs and VEDs and save Selloff money, Bobo and AJ get a bonus by saving Selloff money.
They get a bonus either way. And you’re mad at pilots…. Got it.
Basically, you’re screaming from a Part 121 bargaining playbook and it’s painful to watch. I get it. “We’re at war” is what I’ve heard from several in leadership.
Stop fighting like the British red coats is what I’d ask.
Generate some real leverage and do the job better.
Please tell me you know how sell offs work? I think the idiots at the union have put on the notion that somehow the sell offs are costing the company millions. Funny part is, they're actually making money. Say the going rate is 10k per hour. Purely hypothetical. 10k per hour for a highway run. 30k in total, right? EJM does it for 15 and catches up another back home. They made (EJM) 30k and fulfilled their contract obligation for the month. But wait, the NJ owner was billed 30k for the trip. NJ made 15k AND DIDN'T HAVE TO PUT ONE HOUR ON THEIR FLEET OR CYCLES OR ANYTHING. So tell me again how that is even remotely a cut. Wouldn't even call it a flesh wound. Again, numbers are rough. I was a charter broker for many many years and still do it here and there. I know what the game costs. I bought and sold supplemental lift for all of the big players out there. INCLUDING NJ. So tell me again how the death by 1000 cuts is going? We're talking about cat scratches or paper cuts? What's the general feeling if all the pressure being put on AB and the likes got you 1%, how much more is there? Personally, the company has moved on. Told you to kick cans and see you in 29 without telling you that. But keep following and saying all hail Pedro in your sleep. Right into the buzz saw. You need new leadership. The tyrants political and personal stunt has ended in disgrace. If he was a true leader, instead of the troop rally cry colonel he so keenly enjoys being, he'd resign and let the new leadership take over. His ill-advised section 6 tactics clearly havn't and won't work during an IBB.