Originally Posted by
seafeye
Well first off i haven't been able to pick up open time because of the new contract that management has written.
Second, striking will only help repubic get our flying and we will just close the doors. US Air has 11 Express carriers doing our flying and legal or not they will get others to do it. A Strike, as much as i would love it, wouldn't solve a thing. Just get Airways to close our doors.
The answer is HAVOC. Just what ASA did. They are my hero's and they got a contract when they said ENOUGH! And noone went to Jail.
Buddy, PHX is giving back 11 of 55 DHC8s at Piedmont. And we have a contract like yours open to ammendment as soon as our opener is sent.
I'm telling you right now, that if we back down, if we do not draw a line in the sand, this will be the biggest indication to PHX that they can do whatever they want to us in the future. We need to work in a min fleet provision as PSA needs to do. Look at the mainline carriers, they can shrink only to a certain point. If standing firm to get what is ours takes blood (figuratively... i mean a strike) than so be it. You don't get the progress ASA made by just saying ok to all that Mgmt. wants.