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Old 24th June 2009 | 21:16
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Joetom
 
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I asked for what % reduction in costs was being asked for the CC to make, Plodding Along said it started at 14% (tks plodd), but prob increased due to 16 aircraft being laid up (22 will be more like it).

If the company was asking for 14%, CC unions may of been able to deal at 8/10% in the early days, but with time sliding by and aircraft being laid up, 14% is prob now 17/19%, these are very big numbers indeed.

I wonder if the company now feels that the best med/long term result will be to play very hard ball with the CC unions and if they fail to agree a plan of action and the cards fall off the table, the end result may be better.

Appears to me, the gap is too big, best of luck to all CC.
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