All the talk of the old days are great, but that ship has sailed my friends. We all voted for more productivity, and we got it. No corporation is going to retreat on that point. We may see some gains in areas like vacation and training pay, but bet your bottom dollar, the goal is to have everyone fly as much as possible, up to the FAR limit, and it will be all we can do to keep things from going any further.

Why? Because DALPA believes in constructive engagement with the company, and productivity leads to profits, which leads to more money to pay for our new contract. When the survey starts, the question you will inevitably be asked by ALPA reps is " How do you propose we pay for that? We don't get anything for free when we are bargaining."

Up until now, it's been a trade for productivity and RJ's. I do think that we should be very wary of extending productivity any further than it has already gone, with the exception of the company being able to make strides in fleet commonality and trip pairings. We truly are our own worst enemy in that regard, and if you give em enough rope (us), we'll gladly slip the noose around our necks for a few extra bucks. That is a time tested and proven truth. Guys were green slipping like crazy and selling vacation while our own pilots were on furlough. This trip parking scam is nothing more than the latest version of *%$@ your buddy.