Last night´s Arena (discussion program on Swiss TV) again clearly demonstrated the sorry state that Swiss is in.
*) Euphoric politicians talking about things that they have no clue off.
*) Mr. AD painting a rosy picture (as usual) of how well Swiss is doing according to the famous business plan, but yet has to lay off 300 employees (of which 140 pilots)
*) Aeropers declining to be present...
*) Mr. Sepp Moser as the lonely cusador warning against the blown up size of Swiss.
*) Swiss Pilots Association (SPA, formerly know as CCP) clearly warning against the legal implications of Mr. AD´s course of actions.
*) A former Swissair 747 captain saying how disgusted he is by the smear tactics of Aeropers and their refusal to compromise on anything.
*) Vague answers from AD to questions why Swiss has still not joined a major alliance.
Aeropers has placed it´s members and the whole company in great danger by not accepting a zipperstyle seniority system which was offered by the SPA. In the short term they have made tremendous gains and have proved to be great manipulators behind the screens with total disrespect for their colleagues, but in the long term I predict many unhappy Aeropers members. Once the Court of Arbitration has made a ruling about the seniority issue, this will clear the way for more lay off´s...
Skypointer, you are right :
Brace for impact!