Hey, I'm merely pointing out that MANAGEMENT makes all of the business decisions.......they have the right per our CBA to run the business as they wish.
Sure, they can make all the decisions they want, but they can only do so much within the terms of the CBAs... and that's the problem, Carmine.
Management wanted to fly 777s from DFW to China with 1 CA and 3 FOs (legal per the FAA). Bzzzzzt! Can't do that under the pilots contract.
Management wanted to contract out more flying, and add 70-90 seat jets. Bzzzzt! Scope clause with both the TWU and APA.
Management would probably love to have a full codeshare with Jetblue. Bzzzzzzzzzt! Another scope clause issue.
Management has always wanted flight attendants to clean turns with under 90 minutes of ground time like they already do on thru flights.
Bzzzzzzzzzzzt! Can't do that thanks to the APFA agreement. They couldn't even get some flight attendants to make up a bed in international first class....
Management would also like to contract out dayline cabin cleaning, since they can't get the flight attendants to do it on turns.
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt! TWU contract...
So, sure, management can run the business as they wish. With some serious constraints.
Really, it would appear the only things they have total freedom on is everything not directly tied to an airplane, i.e. how they price, sell, and directly service the customer, and how they borrow money. Just about everything else tied to an airplane is controlled by a CBA.