Originally Posted by iahflyr (Post 3623352)

I don’t think management is really worried about this. United is hiring thousands and every month there are more people eligible to bid captain.

Whenever there is a new contract (I predict 2024), the seniority required to hold captain will increase. Therefore I predict some junior th pilots taking the plunge over the next few months in order to lock in their spot that they won’t be able to hold after the new contract.

Originally Posted by ReadOnly7 (Post 3623403)

^^this dude voted YES on TUMI^^

take all comments with a healthy grain of management bias

Originally Posted by BobbyLeeSwagger (Post 3623334)

It's another empty threat. I don't think the company can afford to go to mediation.. that would mean hundreds more unfilled CA vacancies. There's no way they could absorb that.

Originally Posted by unstabilized (Post 3623470)

Guess Delta copied Kirby's homework.

Delta posted a Q1 loss of 363M, with an 864M one time cost due to pilot CBA.

Originally Posted by El Peso (Post 3623511)

Accept for one little difference. Delta has a new CBA.

Originally Posted by Tesla S (Post 3623434)

Nope, no Tumi TA for me. I also won’t vote for a contract that matches DAL pay but doesn’t address the QOL shortcomings in our current contract.

I stand by my statements as factual without hopes and dreams of some mythical “leverage” some think we have.

Originally Posted by iahflyr (Post 3623352)

I don’t think management is really worried about this. United is hiring thousands and every month there are more people eligible to bid captain.

Whenever there is a new contract (I predict 2024), the seniority required to hold captain will increase. Therefore I predict some junior th pilots taking the plunge over the next few months in order to lock in their spot that they won’t be able to hold after the new contract.

Originally Posted by AxlF16 (Post 3623492)

There's absolutely a way they could absorb that. Nobody wants to go there right now, but if they have to slow/stop growing they will.

Leverage is great....even extremely effective leverage like staffing 'United Next', but always remember that your adversary ALWAYS has options.

Originally Posted by Bahamasflyer (Post 3623899)

Do you not remember the summer of 2000 and how that went?

Originally Posted by iahflyr (Post 3623901)

Yes, I vividly remember. 10+ of the worst years United has ever seen followed. Dubinsky choked the golden goose alright!