Well said Hunter talking and LISTENING on both sides is the way forward, sensible demands and a socisal partnership,NOT as Yakkers states quite bluntly "management determines the rates of pay etc." i.e Carte Blanche take it or leave it! is that why perhaps a LX junior F/O earns the same as a supermarket check out person rising after 20+ years service to 2.5 times that amount.....please..
An Intercontinental Airline is a complex beast & needs superior management skills hopefully SR (or whatever) finds the right people.Hey YY. the following young people are "remarkable" in a business sense Bill Gates,Richard Branson,The Artist formerly known as #%$& and others ,but AD? surely you meant "forgettable".I did detect a slight awakening of a sense of humour in your last post,a nice characteristic...keep it up it makes you almost bearable...Your old teamster Buddy Cisco.(Read Germinal. E Zola)I know you like literature...donīt let the past become the future.