Originally Posted by
hummingbear
That’s a bit simplistic. If the company’s performance gets you the option of WBCA 5 years earlier or later, that could have a massive impact on your career earnings. Ditto that if growth or reductions affects your ability to hold more efficient schedules, more days off, puts us in a position to negotiate bigger contract gains- prevents or results in furloughs & downgrades, etc. Some guys really geek out on the 10-K stuff- which, at the end of the day, yeah, is just reading tea leaves since we don’t control it. But we absolutely benefit directly & indirectly when the company is well run.
This is correct. Pilots have about as much control over these things as ramp agents but are massively more affected by them from a career earnings perspective. Growth is wonderful, growth without profit leads to the opposite of growth which is painful.
Fortunately there is plenty of profit here. Is beating Delta the goal or having twice as many widebody positions available? Which is more beneficial to the average pilot?