Originally Posted by
AxlF16
Uh oh. You're about to get a PM from a mod saying not to call me a douche
. Ask me how I know!
Maybe I come across as a douche because I just keep saying what you don't want to hear! You CAN get things from the company! There are a couple of you here that just seem resigned to the crappy circumstances that you're in now. That CAN change! I never expected, nor do I now expect, a JCBA overnight. The truth is that we can have a TA inside 1 month from today if mgmt wanted to make a deal. That was true 2 years ago btw. There is still plenty of fight to go, so lets keep our expectations high and our chins low. I have very high expectations or I'll be voting NO.
I don't point out what is in our CBA to taunt you, just to show what you can expect to see in the JCBA. Besides, otto blamed us for your contract;-) The beauty is that we BOTH have painful parts of the CBAs that will go away!
So I'm gonna peace out for a while since I don't think ****ing contests are very helpful. Fun, but not helpful. BTW, I know you really don't think I'm a douche
Okay..............douche war over.
I know EXACTLY what you're saying, but unfortunately, when you're the frog on the lilypad in the pond of life (how picturesque, eh????) there's not a whole lot you or I can do to make a JCBA or SLI happen over night. Believe me, we're sick and tired of the continual abuse caused by our horrific contract. What's even more incredible is how our pilots are offered reduced flying lines each month and the NEXT DAY they're offering junior manning due to SHORT STAFFING! Also, are the NEGOTIATORS and ATTORNEYS that wrote this garbage for us still employed? They definitely need to go back to first grade and start over again because they are FAILING miserably and OFTEN. I'm still trying to figure out how management is ALWAYS TEN steps ahead of us. After 75 years you'd expect ALPA to at least be out of the starting gate as far as contracts are concerned, but it seems they are still trying to get IN the gate so they can start! I can only hope our union finally has the huevos to get us something good instead of GIVING MANGEMENT everything like they ALWAYS seem to do.