Originally Posted by
sailingfun
The biggest cost savings by a order of magnitude over anything else was the loss of the frozen pension plan. Estimated savings to the company in the 4 to 5 billion dollar range. Can't even compare to any thing else we gave up or lost. It hit the senior pilots far harder then anyone else.
If you weren't prepared I would say so, but in actual dollars of career earnings, no way. In the new contract, fight for what is good for the profession, not to get back what was lost for a small minority group even if they were hit by a large shock. No more scope giveaways to preserve.