Busdrvr said:Does NWA give you UAL's numbers? I'll say it again, Cos HAS THE NUMBERS. IT'S HIS JOB.[post="194528"][/post]
Saying you have the numbers is one thing, and, apparently, providing them is another. Making a claim to outside information is only valid if you share it.
And NWA actually figured out long ago that if they could get AMFA on property, they could man the airline with significantly less mechanics.
Anyone who read the farmout language the IAM negotiated in 1993 would realize that NWA had planned a reduction in their manpower quite a while ago and that it was coming regardless of who the union was.
They also figured out (rightly) that serving minot would be more lucrative than serving L.A.
They fly to both.
But just between us, I'd think after the bailout from minnesota with the lawyers on the steps of the courthouse to file the BK papers, you'd realize that timing is the factor that has had the most influence of all.
What we realize is that allowing yourselves to be manipulated by external forces whose objectives aren't in your best interest is a bad idea.