I've been around this business for quite awhile and I've seen, heard and known of many pilots who've given numerous concessions, (year after year, negotiation after negotiation) to their employer out of fear their operation may have to shut down if the pilots don't help out.
When you eventually find yourself at a point where it's time to gain back some of what you've given up or lost over time, you're at a crossroad.
A) If you're one of these poor sods, having given up these concessions and given into those appeals, over the course of several years and economic cycles, how would you feel if you gave into yet another appeal and came up short in your compensation package AND the company somehow manages to continue to operate?
Who got the better deal?
B) Now, if you're one of these poor sods, having given up these concessions and given in to these appeals, over the course of several years and economic cycles, how would you feel if
you got what you deserved in a compensation package and the company still continues to operate? Who got the better deal?
C) If you're one of these poor sods, having given up these concessions and given into those appeals, over the course of several years and economic cycles, how would you feel if
you got what you wanted AND the company at some point down the road has to shut down?
Who got the better deal?
(Rhetorical questions, of course)
Many will watch with curiosity, like kids glued to the window at Baskin-Robbins.
Willie
