Keroseneuser
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Now on the flip side, Potentially the west will have the voting power to do what they like in about 9 years. After enough east guys have retired. However if it goes that long they will have to contend with 1200 (1700+ retires minus the current non actives ) newhires on the east that by that point will still not want a NIC voted in since no matter what they are below all the west guys. So on paper they will be junior to all west guys no matter what, EXCEPT when it comes to bidding if it is still seperate ops at that point.
So really when it comes right down to it, even the guy that is not hired yet on the east makes out better by it remaining seperate ops in the long run.
When you really look at it from a "what can we get passed" point of view. The union has done really the only thing they can over the last 4 years. Until every avenue has been run and enough retirements have taken place it would have been impossible to get anything with a NIC in it passed. The only out I see for the west to relieve their stagnation is the genorosity of Doug. Which he has none, at best given the Kasher loss and the injunction, we might be offered a slight increase on Kirby. But that is probably a streatch considering our current profit margins. By Tempes numbers it costs 100 Mill for the east to match current west pay and work rules much less a raise for the west also. Quite simply we don't make that much profit at this airline.
So really when it comes right down to it, even the guy that is not hired yet on the east makes out better by it remaining seperate ops in the long run.
When you really look at it from a "what can we get passed" point of view. The union has done really the only thing they can over the last 4 years. Until every avenue has been run and enough retirements have taken place it would have been impossible to get anything with a NIC in it passed. The only out I see for the west to relieve their stagnation is the genorosity of Doug. Which he has none, at best given the Kasher loss and the injunction, we might be offered a slight increase on Kirby. But that is probably a streatch considering our current profit margins. By Tempes numbers it costs 100 Mill for the east to match current west pay and work rules much less a raise for the west also. Quite simply we don't make that much profit at this airline.