embdrvr
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Legally recognized and binding contract? Ya sure, tell that to the thosands that lost their pension's! Oh ya, what about the legaly recognized and binding contract regarding PAY! oops! GO alpa?
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In the unlikely event SKYW ran into financial trouble, unlikely due to better than average managment, how long do you think your pay rates and work rules would last? Your pay could be cut in half overnight. You could be furloughed out of seniority. That's right. Instead of starting from the very bottom if management needed to shed 400 pilots they could just take the bottom 200 captains and bottom 200 FO's. Or they could furlough by airframe. What if the EMB flying just disappeared? Why bother going to the expense of furloughing by seniority when you can do it by airframe. Suppose some of the RJ flying disappears. Overstaffed by 300? No problem. Just lay off the bottom 150 RJ captains and bottom 150 RJ FO's. So what if the most junior FO's are in the EMB.
SKYW pilots have been extremely fortunate that management has found ways to keep the company flying through good times and bad. But you don't have SAPA to thank for that. It's been a combination of luck and good managment.
What you need to be thinking about is what happens if the luck runs out. With a contract you get a seat at the table and at least get to negotiate your concessions. You have specific recourse. Even during a bankruptcy the company has to prove to the judge the need to impose whatever changes they're pushing for.
In the unlikely event something bad happens I will personally laugh at you when you start whining. Maybe I'll even dig up your posts and remind you how you hated the entire of pursuing a legally binding contract.
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