Contract Negotiations and Company Posturing

[Palomino]

Point #1: ok...airlines are reporting record profits, soaring plane orders, expanding routes and so forth

Point #2: yet...the economy is tanking, fuel prices are out of wack, travel demand is down, etc, etc

Solve the following: If Point #1 is true, then how does that compute with Point #2?

Choose from the following answers:

1) Management continues efforts to beat down labor and their costs to please the only important people in the equation: mgmt and shareholders.

2) Labor costs too much in any economy. Labor costs are the enemy. Must reign in labor costs with any amount of propaganda necessary.

3) Contract negotiations. Labor costs too much. If we give them anything back for their sacrifices then the company will evaporate overnight. In fact, paycuts would allow the company to prosper for eternity - guaranteed!

Thanks for playing.

 

[Captain X]

Scare tactics that will be used:

1. The big widebodies that are coming are gonna be deferred. This is meant to scare senior midbody and narrowbody captains who are banking on it to move onward and upward.

2. The large number of narrowbodies is gonna get deferred. This is meant to scare the senior FOs who are banking on that to upgrade to Captain.

3. We will have to scale back our fleet. This is meant to scare the junior FO's who are banking on having a job and a paycheck.

4. We'll tell the Non-organized employees that it is organized labor's "greed" that is preventing the airline growth and competitiveness. This will create hostility and discontent in the work place and is meant to demoralize all employees. A force that is fighting itself cannot fight its true opposition.

5. We will tell other organized groups that it is your group's "greed" that is preventing them from gaining anything and may put them out of a job. See above.

6. We may have to declare bankruptcy. By the way, we will tell the world it is all your fault.

7. We will have to do away with what is left of your pension. Sorry we didn't keep that promise to you by the way, but thanks for being there for us when it mattered.

I choose answer 4) "Fear." See signature line below.

 

[mnboyev]

Pilots must regain lost ground...or the kids that start flying now might as well...just stick to flying around the patch...nuf said !