Pilot Talks Considered Positive Step

[BoeingBoy]

Pilot talks considered positive step
Regional jets will help airline trim expenses
Christopher Davis

The opening of negotiations this week between US Airways and its pilots union over less-restrictive and lower-paying contracts to fly new regional jets will give the airline momentum in its efforts to trim expenses, according to an industry analyst.

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Jim

 

[robbedagain]

i hope that the employees who are working in a "expressed mainline city" such as abe avp cle etc dont have to give back more.. 13.01 After 12 yrs of service is pretty low considering that it is aparent that the folks in the hubs are the ones that seem to count more!

 

[28yearsnojob]

ABE AVP CLE mnorale very low high turnover

 

[robbedagain]

and soon to be pwm and srq. i wonder how many more stations will be turned from a mainline place to the expressed mainline and the high morale turned to the lowest morale!?

 

[BoeingBoy]

You guys have discovered "the secret plan" - since Dave can't lower costs, he's working to lower morale. He'll beat all those other airlines by having something (anything) lower than them.

Jim

 

[PITbull]

Boeingboy,

I think you are most correct. Management can implement many of the elements without concessions. I just don't understand why they waited for SW to come into PHL before they acted. <_<