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Old 12-19-2011 | 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
That's good to hear. But I'm telling you that you need to be ready to vote NO in the face of pressure and fear like you've probably never experienced. You literally need to start preparing yourself and your family right now for the fear. Just the same as you are probably already planning financially.

Carl
Yep. I figure the company will offer something like 20 percent raise up front, higher vacation credit, 100 seaters allowed at the regionals, and a no-furlough clause to assure us we will keep our current jobs. If we vote for it, we might never furlough, but Delta won't hire again for 15 years even with all our retirements coming up. Remember, there's a lot of pilots retiring in the next ten years that could use the money. I would expect them to vote yes to the above proposal. It's a smart business decision on their behalf even if it does screw every pilot in the future. It has been proven over and over again that everyone is out for himself no matter what the consequences.