Turtle21
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How much are you guys giving up on pay trying to hold onto this DoH idea? APC shows your top line A320 captain at $124/hr. That is about $50-$80 less than the new norm out there. That seems your captains are losing about $50-$80K each year. Seems to be a poor financial decision in just about every sense.
Your assumption that pay would increase $50-$80K each year if either side capitulated on the seniority dispute is an unfounded assumption. If it were true it is obvious both sides (even the majority side) would immediately capitulate their position on seniority preferences and move on. The West would give up the NIC windfall to have a $50K windfall, and the East would give up the DOH windfall to have a $50K windfall.... Obviously if there was $50-$80K raise neither the West or the East could prevent that from being ratified. It ain't available.
Parker is using the seniority dispute as an excuse to avoid negotiations and the only thing that will change that is the need for a merger.