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Old 12-21-2011 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Jack Bauer
I know you were trying to make a point by painting restoration demands "and 100 other things" as ridiculous. Lets not frame an argument of "SWA plus" that just might sound reasonable to the NMB as proposed by the DPA.

Let's make it sound like no matter what DPA COULD do it will always be absurd. If that portrayal of the DPA doesn't taint them enough then lets start the "DPA is actually a secret society set up to overturn the seniority list" rumor all over again.

For the record, most of the ALPA loyalists here will find every reason in the book to discredit the SWA plus concept all the while offering no better negotiating strategy to obtain substantial gains. You will be hard pressed to find a Delta pilot who actually fly's the line say he wouldn't take SWAPA's domestic work rules (in their entirety including W2 building pay and average days at home per month) over what we have now at Delta. Rather, let's discount the SWA plus concept as it was spawned by those evil DPA aligned revolutionists. Bah!

I never said the DPA was Evil. I only asked what's the plan? From what you have said above, I guess the plan is to ask for SWA Plus...?

DALPA has always used that same strategy in past negotiations, so I don't think it's unique to the DPA. I expect they will open for exactly that, (SWA Plus) on our smallest airframes, and go up from there, this time around too.
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