Originally Posted by
dutch_oven
This one is a bloody hard vote. I was a firm no voter until recently, now I’m on the fence.
The context of this vote has completely changed in the last week. The seriousness of Covid-19 and it’s effects on airlines has changed the playing field. Airlines are grounding half their fleets and asking staff to take LWOP. From an IR point of view, this has been a complete god send, the timing could not have been more perfect. If the no vote gets up, this could give the company time to bring the current climate into their strategy to possibly offer an even more sub standard offer- pay freezes and no 350. That would be the new offer, take it or leave it. They would have the sympathy of the public and share holders.
Interestingly, this new environment also changes the meaning of a yes vote. Now a yes vote does not represent a capitulation to the company’s thuggery and bastardised style of negotiating. It is simply an acknowledgment that the big picture has changed completely, which was not orchestrated by the company. Covid-19 is the game changer. Secure the 350 and the 3% pay rises for now. In 3 years time, Covid-19 is history, there might be a different management team and Qf May finally start seeing the effects of the pilot shortage. That’s a better environment to negotiate in.
Food for thought.