Originally Posted by
Nevets
The frustration is that JA is purposely trying to trample our contract. The fact that he uses SKW pilots to whipsaw doesn't help. Its a fact that the CAL COO told the XJT CEO to give CAL a CPA as good as what SKW offered or get 12 months notice. The CPA SKW negotiated took into account 16% pay cuts to bring us down to parity with SKW pilots compensation. That is how we operate at a loss with the same CPA SKW negotiated with CAL. Why do you think that BR said on the call that the new CPA has the same rates XJT has now? Because those were SKW's rates from two years ago! CAL could have easily given XJT 12 months notice regardless of whatever rates you think XJT underbid. Now they are stuck with us for 5 more years.
I understand that is all business and I wouldn't have a problem with any of it if JA would just simply honor our contract. His antics decimated us fine, but don't come back and try to screw us again by setting up some sham holding company just so that he can continue whipsawing us.
What I'm trying to say, hopefully a bit less aggressively this time, is that there was more to CAL wanting to give XJTs flying to someone else than JA showing up and offering to do it for less. Furthermore, I don't recall your pay package being 16% higher than SkyWest's. Maybe we're all just urinating in the wind here, but if we play the blame game, nobody except management wins.