Originally Posted by
FDXLAG
You keep ignoring CGN as a give back. We are giving up European SIBA, the most senior flying we have, for things the company wants. We are reducing the number of pilots required on the property. That is a give back. You either think the company wants an LOA or they dont, I think they do, you obviously think they dont. As far as your little dialogue above, try this one:
NC: Looks like we need to talk about some serious issues before we get that FDA LOA passed.
Management: What you guys cant even get a contract extension passed.
NC: We told you morons that the way you implemented 4A2b would forever change the way the pilots trusted you greedy rat turds and would prevent us from ever slipping in vague language into a contract again. Now do you want to get down to business or do you want to continue Eyropean SIBA? Call us we will be at Ruth Chris.
Funny that your argument hinges on protecting the flying of a very small number of super senior pilots at the expense of every pilot at the current and future FDA's (MD11 HKG is coming regardless). The opportunity afforded to those who want go live in Germany for 4.9 years in my mind outweighs the 60+ year olds padding their FF numbers with Delta. BTW it has been repeatedly stated that Airbus SIBA would continue out of Paris with the 757 in CGN.
As far as requiring less pilots to staff an FDA, you are right it would. But seeing as how we are hiring, and should be for a while (unless Glenn Beck is right and the up-down-squeeze-in-out or whatever he talks about is around the corner) thats a mute point because if this is voted down, new hires will be going to HKG and they'll know full well what their getting into.......right.