Originally Posted by
Sam Ting Wong
The airline industry is cyclical, always was, always will be. Next time it is a war, an oil crisis, you name it.
Nevertheless, when the sun shines almost nobody wants to accept that.
We would have millions more in the bank ( as a result of 5% more pay) plus an ARAPA guarantee.
I was right all the way.
You can’t possibly be right when you’re confused.
The 5% pay rise was offered with the 2016 proposal but came with a 3 year roll over of ARAPA so it would have expired in 2019.
The 9 year ARAPA offer came in 2018 but with a 1% pay rise.
I’m not saying that the pilot body erred in not taking the offers and you’re absolutely right that in aviation we only get limited windows of opportunity to apply some negotiating leverage. But that doesn’t mean we should cherry pick parts of offers and attach them to parts of other offers to make a prettier picture.