Originally Posted by
hummingbear
Ok but remember “paying pilots not to work” was only financially viable because:
- The feds were covering billions in losses to the airlines
- We had agreed to take pay cuts in the event that support ran dry
If this tariff war tanks the economy, what do you think the odds are the administration is going to foot the bill? And given Trump has dissolved dozens of labor contracts this week alone, I’m less confident than ever in our contractual protections. It’s not out of the question that airline CEOs would go to the administration & complain that our “bloated labor contracts” are making it hard for them to provide “essential transportation”. An executive order would be so much easier than upholding the contract or working with the union on an agreeable path forward.
Again, I’m not saying any of this is a sure thing, it’s just a bad confluence of events when a weak economy hits in an aggressively pro-management landscape.
Ive had enough of 47 already . This thing is spiraling out of control and getting worse daily .
I wish he would scale back some of his policies and executive orders and focus on the economy.
I think the next year or so will be very interesting to see how all of this plays out. Experts predicting recession and weak economic growth.
We shall see .