Tarp,
They have been dividing us for a while - remember when they took away United benefits for the Delta side - but the United side gets everything? Yet, now they come to the Delta side and ask for concessions to help United.....
Also, you really can't reduce a FRJ or J-41's F.O.s pay more than what it already is - they would be on food stamps (I am CRJ FO pay frozen so I will taking the same 7.5% hit as you.)
The bottom line - from what I understand - is not the only thing the BAIN corporation is looking at. It seems to be a line by line comparison of expenses - and thus compared to our competition of MESA, we are overpaid. Basically, BAIN is whipsawing every expense line by line to get a greater overall reduction in expenses than just a simple bottom line bid. If you are a management or a consultant, it is genius, evil, but genius - if you are labor, it sucks.
As for load rates, I remember hearing a while back that United would have to have load rates of over 100% to break even due to ticket prices being so low. Unable to raise them because the competition is either making a profit (Southwest, AirTran) or is in better shape and can afford to bleed longer until United dies (Delta, American, Northwest, etc...)
That being said, I don't know how I am going to vote. I do know that I am in graduate school now because the future is not very bright...
They have been dividing us for a while - remember when they took away United benefits for the Delta side - but the United side gets everything? Yet, now they come to the Delta side and ask for concessions to help United.....
Also, you really can't reduce a FRJ or J-41's F.O.s pay more than what it already is - they would be on food stamps (I am CRJ FO pay frozen so I will taking the same 7.5% hit as you.)
The bottom line - from what I understand - is not the only thing the BAIN corporation is looking at. It seems to be a line by line comparison of expenses - and thus compared to our competition of MESA, we are overpaid. Basically, BAIN is whipsawing every expense line by line to get a greater overall reduction in expenses than just a simple bottom line bid. If you are a management or a consultant, it is genius, evil, but genius - if you are labor, it sucks.
As for load rates, I remember hearing a while back that United would have to have load rates of over 100% to break even due to ticket prices being so low. Unable to raise them because the competition is either making a profit (Southwest, AirTran) or is in better shape and can afford to bleed longer until United dies (Delta, American, Northwest, etc...)
That being said, I don't know how I am going to vote. I do know that I am in graduate school now because the future is not very bright...