Originally Posted by
zoooropa
It actually works EXACTLY that way, or the opposite of what you are implying. There is a number, we don't know what that number is, but there is a number. That number is going to be divided up and we get to decide how it is going to be divided with limitations. Using your theory, we could be offered the highest narrow body rates with a me too clause and there would still be beans left in the jar for profit sharing even though we are currently roughly 30-40% existing narrow body rates. You are not going to get everything you want, hence the "negotiating capital" premise. You can spend your beans in one place, or four, but there are only so many beans regardless of how bad we want that reality to not exist.
Thats why I think we should “waste” capital on PS. It costs the company absolutely nothing unless they make money. It’s a positive feedback loop. It also helps to prevent the game of “macroeconomic challenges” during negotiations that just disappear after a contract ratification.
Unrelated, how are we so bad every summer? We have 4% more pilots, 6% more active aircraft, yet 13% less block hours compared to last year and we still can’t get it together.