Originally Posted by
Noisecanceller
Thing is when you’re losing $300M a quarter no amount of labor compensation cuts will make the difference when you’re already the second lowest paid. They just can’t make that case to be plausible.
Merger or massive increase in revenue are the only options.
The good news is that Ford and Harrison is a known quantity and ALPA should know the playbook by now.
If they suspect they have a viable business plan (or merger plan) on the backside, they may just be leveraging the opportunity to scare labor into giving concessions. Because why not?
If it's an F9 merger, maybe they'd like the JCBA to start as far back from pole position as possible.
If they had a good legal case for cuts, I suspect they'd just ask the judge, not hire union busters.