SK wants Concessions
05-26-2020 | 04:16 PM
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Regarding your disclaimer, I don’t know where you are at but obviously fail to realize the number of pilots UAL wants on the property is based on their projected block hours. Period.
If management wants the flex of holding on to excess pilots they will do so.
They also always want the most productive and lowest cost widget. Period.
The UPA does have some constraints on pilot productivity once furloughs occur. Those aren’t that huge but were negotiated into the contract at a cost to the pilot group relative to overall compensation. That’s how it works.
If the company sees value in the suggestions given in previous posts, including yours, they will present them to the MEC. Sure, we could propose such ideas at them but I honestly think it has either already been offered or they don’t see it as viable from their perspective.
The company furloughs, not the union.
Lee
If management wants the flex of holding on to excess pilots they will do so.
They also always want the most productive and lowest cost widget. Period.
The UPA does have some constraints on pilot productivity once furloughs occur. Those aren’t that huge but were negotiated into the contract at a cost to the pilot group relative to overall compensation. That’s how it works.
If the company sees value in the suggestions given in previous posts, including yours, they will present them to the MEC. Sure, we could propose such ideas at them but I honestly think it has either already been offered or they don’t see it as viable from their perspective.
The company furloughs, not the union.
Lee
05-27-2020 | 09:09 AM
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[b][color=#000000]Worth noting as well, one common argument against any revision to the CBA or “concession” is the notion that once it is changed it will be very hard to change it back. There is a very simple solution to this—which is to build-in an expiration date to the change.
05-27-2020 | 03:24 PM
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05-27-2020 | 03:52 PM
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Quite possible, but maybe, just maybe it’s a situation where the company is willing to spend some extra cash to hedge for the possibility to grab a larger portion of rebound market share, or at least minimize others attacks on our network. Sometimes adversaries find common ground. So again maybe this time, maybe not.
Won’t take long to see which it is.
Won’t take long to see which it is.
05-27-2020 | 03:59 PM
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