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Alaska Air pilots take strike vote over 'stalled' contract negotiations
CHICAGO, May 24 (Reuters) - Hundreds of pilots at Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK.N) are submitting their final votes on whether to authorize a strike over "stalled" contract negotiations, underscoring growing labor tensions in the U.S. airline industry. (www.reuters.com) More...
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The increases proposed by the ALPA in this situation are minimal to the hourly cost to operate. This is a case where Alaska wants to be bought out and a new, more expensive contract makes it less attractive to buyers.
No pilots = no schedule = no PAX = no airline. Simple math.
It's not a vote to strike asap. It's a vote to authorize a strike in the future if negotiations fail.
Anyways, it's not as simple as your formula.
Uncompetitive wages & Cost structure = Uncompetitive prices = No PAX = No Airline.
See what I did there, two can play your simpleton mind games.
Anyways, it's not as simple as your formula.
Uncompetitive wages & Cost structure = Uncompetitive prices = No PAX = No Airline.
See what I did there, two can play your simpleton mind games.
Greed!
We taxpayers/customers kept them working the last couple years. This is how they thank us.
