Will Spirit Survive if they WalK?

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Back in the old days before de-reg there was a pact called "Mutual Aid". This provided income to airlines that were shut down by employees on strike. If the employees at ABC Airlines went on strike and the load factor on XYZ Air went up, some of the revenue from the increased load factor at XYZ Air flowed back to ABC Airlines. This gave the shut down airline a source of revenue to allow them to let the employees stay out on strike a longer time. It gave a balance to both management and union to reach a reasonable contract. When mutual aid went away, it gave the unions a much stronger hand. The highly leveraged airline could not stay in business with a stop in cash flow for any extended period. This lead to shorter strikes, and contracts company would prefer not to enter. Elimination of this aid may have been good for the employee in the short term, but is has been detrimental to the airline industry in the long run.

11-26-2004
http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=43652&highlight=mutual+aid

cut and paste your old thoughts......

you posted this 6 years ago......!!!

 

[say again]

11-26-2004
http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=43652&highlight=mutual+aid

cut and paste your old thoughts......

you posted this 6 years ago......!!!

I guess he still believes it.

Did you really search this?! Or just remember he posted it?

 

[GogglesPisano]

Who would have thought Yip knew how to cut and paste. Or did he recall from memory?

Do you think he can text?

 

[pilotyip]

texkig?

Who would have thought Yip knew how to cut and paste. Or did he recall from memory?

Do you think he can text?

Hey it fits, so it should be shared an important part of airline history that many may not be aware of. TEXT do you have to know how to speel for that? ha ha

 

[GogglesPisano]

Say what you will about Yip. But at the very least he is a good sport. :beer:

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Hey it fits, so it should be shared an important part of airline history that many may not be aware of. TEXT do you have to know how to speel for that? ha ha

To be fair to FI users, they should find information and history on Mutual Aid in Hard Landing by Petzger (sp).......

 

[pilotyip]

To be fair to FI users, they should find information and history on Mutual Aid in Hard Landing by Petzger (sp).......

Yea I only lived through it and had my reserve buddies who had been mutually aided by NWA and Nyrope (sp?) in the 70's tell me about it on those long non-stops to Purto Rico. They might be in the book.

 

[CosmoKramer]

Spot on Enigma-

Can you imagine anybody scabbing for a place like this?!? Some people are worried about the 50 year oldish pilots scabbing and some are worried about the youngish FO who think they will be lured by the left seat carrot. I say anybody that does scabs for this place has more than a few screws loose.

and nobody with a IQ over 10 wants to shut the doors of a place that makes almost $300,000 per day in PROFIT with 28 airplanes.

 

[ualdriver]

To be fair to FI users, they should find information and history on Mutual Aid in Hard Landing by Petzger (sp).......

And Flying the Line!

 

[8v8tr]

Aviation Week article may be of interest to some.....

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/avd/2010/05/19/02.xml&headline=Spirit%20Warns%20Of%20Permanent%20Shutdown&channel=comm&?WT.mc_id=twitter_aviationweek