Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
ALPA: We want industry leading wages.
Richard: I'm prepared to pay you industry standard wages.
ALPA: That's what we're making now.
Richard: Exactly. You know what, let's meet in the middle. How's a 5 percent raise per year sound?
Hockey,
You are being generous at 5%. The company can say - We agree with the Delta Pilots and concede to your opener. We will improve everything you mentioned proportional to a cost increase of .5%. We will magnanimously agree to improve every aspect of your contract to a cost level of + .5%, you DAL Pilots win.
In other words - without numbers/percentages this is not really an opener. We are basically saying "We want more."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWa6vsXOKAU
I like a lot of it in general - but it really does not mean much.
Scoop