Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 2011561)

Management griping about "higher labor costs" than their competitors conveniently neglects a critical variable: pattern bargaining.

Malone needs to tell RA not to worry about higher pilot costs. They will be evened out shortly.

Originally Posted by Flamer (Post 2013874)

We don't cost more. That's where the lie starts.

Originally Posted by Gunfighter (Post 2010835)

How about this team...

Originally Posted by Phuz (Post 2011740)

IF the company was investing it's profits in GROWTH instead of "returning value" to shareholders then I think a case could be made for keeping labor costs at a bankruptcy % of revenue level on the premise that the laborers would eventually benefit from the increased size of the future company.

Originally Posted by Purple Drank (Post 2009568)

The current NC was installed by the old guard.

Do we need a new one, approved by the new MEC?

I say, ABSOLUTELY.