Where have you been since 1978? I've been flying for a living since then, and I've been watching this slow motion train wreck since then.
Deregulation mean anything to you?
We (the Bigger, all encompassing WE, as in all the US Airline pilots) have been getting SCREWED since then. What did you think the ultimate purpose of that was? To Pay us MORE??
Who represents the Delta Pilots has very little bearing on what our contract is going to look like going foreward, but just for fun, and I've got a few minutes before the game starts, I'll give you my take on what's going to go down.
You know that thing called the Railway Labor Act? Well, Management, as well as Wall Street, has figured out how to use it against us. (the Bigger US, as in all organized labor who fall under the RLA) .
So let's say we walk in and throw down for Full Resoration, and lots of other good stuff. The Company cries uncle...to the NMB, we get parked, then what? We strike?
Remember the last time we talked about a strike? Remember when Shrub said, "Not on MY watch!" And I know you've seen what the NMB did to the AA Pilots.
Do you think today's NMB and/or Obama is going to be any different when DALPA or the DPA "Throw Down"? I don't. You think we are going to have any support from Joe the unemployed Plumber? Or maybe all those unemployed US Auto workers will back us up...as you roll up to the picket line in your Kia/Toyota/Honda.
Yes, we are screwed, no matter WHO represents us. American Government has been bought by Big Bussiness. Unless you've been living under a rock the past 30 years, you have seen that this has been going on, across the country, in every industry. "Outsourcing" is the New American Business Model.
The DPA can talk all the smack they want, that's the easy part, what I need to see is a GAME PLAN for restoration. I'm not happy with National ALPA but it's the only game in town right now.
So, what's the DPA plan? What are you going to open for? And when the NMB parks us, then what? Illegal job action?
Yeah, AA tried that too, it cost them about $42 Million and netted them...what?
So...what are we going to do (and I mean the Bigger We as in American Labor) Overthrow the Government?
OK, call me when the revolution starts.
Until then, we are all screwed.