Originally Posted by
Columbia
Agreed. IMO, as i've been saying all along, there's no way the company is giving any gains without taking concessions. I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it.
This is our union's fault. They should have walked in and sent the message at the beginning of negotiations that we have given billions over the last ten years, and now is the time for the company to give us back what we have given with nothing in return. Everything I have seen is pretty much cost neutral or even favored to the company. These are small items. Not one large item like scope, pay, minimum day, or vacation has been closed out. If the small items are all give-and-take, what makes you think the large items will be any different? It seems we're going for a contract worth significantly less than my expectations while giving up more outsourced 76 seaters in the process. We need to follow our gut feelings here. This new contract is not looking good, but Delta has never voted down a TA. It's almost like DALPA is just trying to get a TA that will barely pass. I'm amazed at how many pilots on here can just turn a blind eye and pretend that everything is going great.