I stuck this comment in a thread somewhere when I got back from my last trip. It is appropriate to your subtitle - depends on interim wage cuts. I'll go my earlier comment one better...
$5 to anybody who can quote the requirement for wage cuts (interim or permanent) in the new ATSB agreement.
Having been through the proposed agreement twice, I can honestly say that I don't anticipate having to pay out a single red cent.
Of course, what the company shills will say is that U can't meet the requirements of the new agreement without pay cuts. That may or may not be the case since all the company has is forecasts based on a set of assumptions.
The agreement with the ATSB is already in place - with no pay cuts. All that's left is for the judge to approve it.
As for meeting the requirements in this agreement - that is something only time will reveal. Whether there are paycuts or how big the paycuts are.
I saw an article earlier in the week which, I believe, quoted Lakefield as saying that it specifically DID NOT require the paycuts. Wish I had the article to post, but I don't. It may have bben from the Philly Inquirer.
This proposed order contains the agreement. If you want the whole docket, which includes the company's motion for the judge to approve the agreement , the proposed order, and a comparison of the interim (the one thru Oct 15) and final (the new agreement) orders it's here:
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