Originally Posted by
FlyZ
The more I think about it, the more I like the faithful wife analogy.
We are the faithful wife that just wants a good marriage and to be appreciated. Not just complimented, but appreciated...flowers, jewelry, etc. Management has been saying he loves us, while staying late at work and hooking up with cheap floozies he meets on Craigslist. They are fun to hang around, but he is starting to see that their tans and long legs only go so far. They aren't the kind of girls he wants to bring home to his parents' house for Thanksgiving dinner.
Now get this...he has been wasting money on this one special bimbo, Kristi, for 10 or 15 years. But now she is getting out of control with his credit card, so he has decided to dump her. This is where it gets interesting, and infuriating. He is coming to us, his unsuspecting and loving wife, and asking us to pawn some of our jewelry to pay off her credit card debt. Even worse, he has his sights set on a new stripper named Candy, with even longer legs, a darker tan, and a belly button piercing. He is wondering if there is ANY chance we would be willing to move in to a smaller place so he can get an apartment with Candy. In exchange, he will stop seeing Kristi.
I don't know about you guys, but for me the answer is no.
FlyZ, that's awesome! and sad at the same time...
I sure understand that in the course of negotiations there is compromise.
But asking Delta pilots to loosen scope to tighten scope is just too rich!
I would be equally offended if any new pay increase came at the expense of the DC contribution, that would be just as silly, and downright foolish to agree to.
We need improvements in every section, some will be better than others.
I don't expect we will get everything we want either.
The company is highly profitable and well positioned.
Delta pilots have been fundamental to that success.
It's now the company's turn to provide ROI for the Delta pilots.
This isn't a concessionary contract environment. I do not expect to concede one part of the PWA to gain another. What i'm looking for is for improvements plain and simple without "giving up" on other sections.
Those have been my marching orders to DALPA.
Cheers
George
P.S. On second thought FlyZ maybe you can rewrite your analogy to capture the majority demographic better ;-)