Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Before we discuss the merits and positions of the proposal I want to ask you a few questions:
1)How long you think it will take to get the company and a mediator to agree to releasing us for this amount on day one? five, six, seven years?
I think this depends on whether or not EVERYTHING is retroactive to the amendable date. IMO, that is the very first thing we go into negotiations with. R E T R O A C T I V I T Y... to day 1... with interest.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
2)What is the inflationary rate going to do over this period now that we are coming out of a high debt recession for the us government?
Coming out?
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acl65pilot
3)How strong do you think these guys that will retire in 2019-2020 and before are going to be given that they may never see a penny of this?
You think this will drag out till 2019? and I thought
I was pessimistic
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
4)Do you think that 50% of this group that will retire in that time frame is going to take a more pragmatic approach that will most definitely put more money in their pocket now so they can invest it correctly in a boom cycle?
You think that 50% of the pilot group will retire over the life of this coming contract? If that is the case, it is an automatic no vote regardless of what it contains.
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acl65pilot
5) Where do you see the economy in this time frame (2017-2020) given our boom/bust cycle? Do you see it as an era that will allow an end game to be played out?
What end game are you speaking about? A strike? Then no. That era has long passed.But since you asked.. unless the T party and the GOP can turn the ship away from the iceberg that the One has pointed it at.... well I don't need to draw the picture further.
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acl65pilot
6) Who is going to be in the White House?
Does it matter? Certainly not obama... (I hope)
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acl65pilot
7) Is foreign ownership going to change the game completely?
It already has
.. we just don't know it yet.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Just questions I want answered before I sign on to any proposal?