Originally Posted by
johnso29
I'm burying my head in the sand? Compare scheduled retirements over the next twenty years. Those aren't speculation. Neither is stating that SWA pay and work rules will change. Those are facts. You're being much less of a realist then you think.
Scheduled retirements will obviously help you get to the left seat quicker, are you stating that a new hire at Delta will be in the left seat in less than 10 years? I thought I was being generous with a 10 year upgrade timetable, maybe I'm wrong.
Of course pay and work rules will change, they always do in section 6. The question is will yours get significantly better (I believe there is a good chance they will) and will ours get significantly worse (I believe we will achieve status quo or better). Only time will tell but I am a lot less worried about the risk of a small erosion than I would be betting on huge gains in this economy combined with the AA debacle that is occuring.