Nevets
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You think CAL gives a toss about the employee contract of a contractor? They care about the bottom line. Perhaps your cost-plus CPA was costing too much and CAL was looking for an alternative. The branded flying was definitely NOT a sustainable business model.
Your scow was sinking whether you want to admit it or not. Jerry threw you a lifeline. He went to CAL and said, "I think I can save her." I'm sure CAL replied, "What's in it for us?" Of course Jerry was interested in the salvage rights - he's a friggin' business man. Now you're pissed off because he didn't give you the Queen Mary.
Here's a news flash, my friends. ALL regionals are being squeezed right now. You XJT peeps are in a much better place than you would have been. But now you want to piss on the guy that threw you a lifeline?
No, they don't care. But they found a whipsaw, JA, they could use to get our management to change the contract or else.
And I was NOT taking about branded flying. All but two aircraft were in CPA deals. There was also negotiations for flying for LCC.
JA did NOT throw a lifeline. He was giving us enough rope to hang ourselves with. We told him no thanks, we'll just have deal with your 16% paycut assumption of a CPA our management had to swallow, he put a hole on our boat.
That's what's so ironic about this. He broke it and now he is stuck with us because he has now bought us. Jury is still out on whether this is ultimately a good business decision, the way he went about treating his future employees that is. He's no different than most airline CEOs.
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