Originally Posted by
seoceancrosser
I second what IP said. This second TA is almost everything we have now with a minor pay bump. It's a kick in the sack to our pilot group and this profession. I posed the questions so some of our close minded members can see what we could really ask for. Some just don't have a clue. I know more members of our pilot group read this website than our own union website. Even some our management type stops by here every now then too. The funny part is that FO's as most of our competition make more than our management people that justify this non-sense. I get to experience the joy of sitting in a station (not home) for several days (more than 4) with nothing but some hotel points to show for it. This crap and a few other things needs to stop!!! Thanks Connie for your post and I look forward to seeing more and our pilot group's reaction. Keep em' coming!!!
Good post. Unfortunately, my gut feeling is that this one will pass. Just 34 people need to change their minds for it to go through, which is only 24% of the NO voters in the last one. I personally know three people who are changing their minds, mostly because we "won" home-basing (which we never lost to begin with). Classic negotiating tactic: Lowball the hell out of an offer, and the next one that comes across, even if still low, will seem like a win.
I hope I'm wrong.