Who will be next?

[Dea Certe]

Anyone want to be what airline will be the next to have labor costs that are too high to be competitive?

If the IAM, PFAA and ALPA all agree to these dragonian pay and benefits cuts, some other airline is sure to start the cry "We can't compete. We must cut our labor costs now!"

Scary to think about, isn't it?

Dea

 

[robbedagain]

I'd say either AA or may be a long shot at best but may be SWA

 

[PlayTheOdds]

I couldn't be so lucky.

 

[robbedagain]

well you shouldnt be so lucky cause in a few weeks when the remainin unions or at least one of them or two the airline called SCAB AIR used to be called NWA will be in the history books for all of us to read and for our children to learn from the failures of MISMANAGEMENT and the lessons it taught about how not to hire dirty low down filthy rotten smellin SCABS like you

 

[WorldTraveler]

well you shouldnt be so lucky cause in a few weeks when the remainin unions or at least one of them or two the airline called SCAB AIR used to be called NWA will be in the history books for all of us to read and for our children to learn from the failures of MISMANAGEMENT and the lessons it taught about how not to hire dirty low down filthy rotten smellin SCABS like you

I'm pretty sure I've heard this rhetoric about a dozen times since 9/11 at every legacy airline. Management keeps asking and labor keeps giving. We're not through yet.

 

[Kev3188]

Anyone want to be what airline will be the next to have labor costs that are too high to be competitive?

If the IAM, PFAA and ALPA all agree to these dragonian pay and benefits cuts, some other airline is sure to start the cry "We can't compete. We must cut our labor costs now!"

Scary to think about, isn't it?

Dea

It is scary, Dea.

Part of the prblem is that we were the "last in line." In other words, the company was able to cherry pick the worst parts out of the other company's concessionary agreements (ie. wholesale outsourcing, 75% pay for sick time, loss of shift differential(s), etc.), throw them all into the mixing bowl, and come up with the Perfect Storm as it were. As you read the NW proposals for the ramp and customer service cba's, you can pick out exactly what carriers they got the ideas from.

I can only imagine the company negociators (sp?) foaming at the mouth as each successive "agreement" was ratified....

 

[local 12 proud]

...and the race to the bottom continues!

 

[peaches]

...and the race to the bottom continues!

Yup, hang on for dear life.....It's like the rapid descent to 10,000 after an explosive decompression. (Just ask the people on Alaska's Flt 536.)