Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Actually, we have LEC reps that say we can't.
Maybe yours.....Not mine. If that is what is being heard,
FILE A RECALL MOTION! Its actually quite easy if you are willing to put forth a modicum of time....(and with all the fervent DPA support in your base
, it should be really easy to get enough pilots to affect a change in leadership.....)
Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
And our vastly reduced W-2's have been funding that extra interest since 2005, and we'll continue to do that until AT LEAST Jan 2013.
Yes they have...... and don't think it doesn't p!ss me and 11,999 others off too.
Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Again, they're paying down that debt with our vastly lower W-2's. That must be worth something very big this Section 6.
Yes it will, and that is why we need the support of all the EF&A analysis and the "NMB friendliness" we can get.... Do you know of any pilot unions that can get the Chairman of the NMB to show up as a guest speaker at their meetings?
Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
That depends on how it is portrayed to the NMB. No doubt, Delta will portray their decisions to pay down debt as: "Hey, we'd love to pay our pilots better, but our profits are just too low." Whereas, it should be portrayed as: "Our vastly lower W-2's have funded the massive debt paydown and healing of our balance sheet...now we want pay that exceeds are biggest competitor." The only question now is, which one of those portrayals will DALPA state?
Carl
According to GAAP they can't say that profits are too low by the reason to pay down debt... Different parts of the financial statements.
Since all the NC members, status reps, and line pilots have to live under the next agreement, I am confident that the latter view will prevail.
Don't confuse silence with resignation. Doing that makes for a very poor poker player.