Originally Posted by
TenYearsGone
I also realize we are negotiating for the good of the WHOLE group. I realize some pilots are almost ready to retire, thus a little timid to ask for more. While younger guys might be a little more Gung-Ho, and want the whole world. I realize and understand this.
No one knows that better than management. We have to start repairing holes in the boat and bailing out the water though. We can't just plug some, drill others and try to time it so it stays afloat just in time to drop the next group off at the dock as we head back to sea in a broken ship. There will always be pilots "one contract away" from retirement but we can't let that be used to further undermine this battered profession.