Originally Posted by
Flamer
Well, that's all dandy as long as ALPAs floor for this plan is at a minimum SWA W-2s for our 737s. When we start talkIng about pay raises well above the 42% it will take to achieve that, then I will concern myself with your detailed numbers. Are you secretly trying to tell me you think the opener is going to be in the 60% range? I'm secretly trying to tell you DPA will be at the helm within 24 months. Shhhhh..... Don't tell anyone in Herndon.
Dalpa's opener will be constructed off the contract survey. I can tell you right now it wont be for more then 42 percent. I doubt it will be even close to that number. That is based on asking pilots I fly with and friends what they put on the survey and having been told the results of a prior phone survey.
If we do open for something like that what do you think will be the result. Do you think management will think wow the pilots are tough we better give them that or do you perhaps think management will simply enjoy the protection of the RLA and kick back for a 5 or 6 years of us working under the current contract. Do you think we would have a different outcome then American? If so what do you base that on? Do you know the average length of negotiations that end up under the NMRB and the mediation process?