Originally Posted by
Bill Lumberg
I was there. The jist was we have too many "me too"'clauses with other employee groups, hence too expensive. Since when do we negotiate for other groups? I laughed at him and his group and walked away. If I were MSP based, I would question them more.
Dear MEC/LEC Officers and negotiating committee:
Please insert the following language at the beginning of every unique page, paragraph, sub paragraph or whatever and end the BS about "me too" being used as a weapon against us.
"For all pilots holding possessing an ATP rating on their license AND having a system seniority number at Delta Airlines,"
If there are some out there without an ATP, I apologize, but I don't feel like writing paragraphs of exceptions.
This is only mildly TIC. Craft language to remove that weapon because it is BS. It is management's decision to "give" things to other employee groups, not ALPA, not DPA. If they don't like the cost, then they should admit that they made the decision NOT to "me too" the goodies. They certainly take the credit when they DO give out the goodies, tell 'em they have to take the flip side of that coin too instead of passing it off on us during negotiations.