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#51
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Maybe... but by giving up forced upgrades it hamstrings us on the next contract. So, they gave a bunch of "gives" this time in order to "get" forced upgrades playing the long game that the next contract they won't be forced into so many gives.
Who knows, with no forced upgrades maybe PHX and SEA or ??? would open up and drastically change the lives of hundreds of pilots.
Who knows, with no forced upgrades maybe PHX and SEA or ??? would open up and drastically change the lives of hundreds of pilots.
#52
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Assuming this TA gets ratified, the next contract won’t be for six years or so. The hiring wave to staff the United Next expansion will be complete, the seniority list will be what ever size it turns out to be, and hiring will continue only to cover attrition. Seniority progression and captain vacancies will go back to normal levels and unfilled slots will be a thing of the past.
#53
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Joined APC: Mar 2021
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You're smoking something powerful if you think unfilled Captain vacancies will be an issue in our next section 6 negotiation. There's a better than 50/50 chance that out next negotiation will be with the proverbial gun to our head. Even if not, we won't see a serious push for an AIP inside of 7 years. Either through growth or contraction, we will have no trouble filling Captain vacancies at that time.
if Kirby can’t fill the vacancies he will be forced to come to the table with a LOA or something to get that addressed. He’s not going to be like “oh well” let’s cancel airplanes deliveries. we giving all that leverage away.
#54
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Have you even bothered to look at how many unfilled CA seats there are on the current vacancy bid?
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#58
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#59
GT said something to the effect of “People have said if the improvements are sufficient why the need for forcing upgrades, which, exactly.” I wasn’t sure whether that meant he shared frustration over the company’s insistence, or if he thought the proposed improvements were sufficient to render it a non-issue; but I got the sense that it was an 11th hour “make or break” demand by the company. Like, “Okay we gave you something but we’re gonna need an insurance policy.”
So it’s undeniable that this is a powerful motivator & a huge bargaining chip that was pushing the company to get a deal. Did we get fair value for it, or could we have smoked the company out? It’s as much a matter of opinion as whether we could get a better offer by voting no, or what the 10-year impact of this decision are actually going to be.
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