Originally Posted by
sailingfun
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?
Do you think the contract comparison we received as well as other union produced sources of information will have any impact on the survey results? I do. Not every has a close friend/next door neighbor that works at SWA like I do to get the real info. I expected leadership to provide a vector, but if they want to lead from the bottom up, fine.....but at least give useable info out. If the contract survey comes in below SWA, guess who's at fault? And I'm kinda tired of hearing the RLA parking issue when all my minimums are based on an existing contract at a profitable carrier.