Originally Posted by
untied
You've got it all wrong....giving up more DC-9 sized airframes with better range and a greater ability to steal mainline flying IMPROVES scope.
The company LOVES the 50 seater, and is making a HUGE sacrifice parking their beloved small RJ's early.
(that's the "spin" the yes voters are trying to sell here).
(I especially love how the TA makes you finance the small raise by significantly reducing profit sharing!)
Stop giving up scope! (yes, I have read the TA and it is a MAJOR concessionary deal as far as scope goes.....)
How's your SLI going ? Think you'll get it and a TA any time soon?
We could use the help.
The 76 seat is a big issue but we gave that up several contracts ago. Once gone hard and very costly to put the horse back in the barn. Every time I see an RJ taxi by I see 2 pilots in the cockpit. This TA gets rid of a bunch of those outsourced pilots. DL is making record profits using tons of 50 seaters so I guess I fail to see the we have leverage factor. They could easily use the $ they save from not paying us to finance the upcoming costs associated with the 50 seaters and still make record profits (been following the price of jet-a lately). This coming Feb we will get a nice profit sharing check that is not reduced by anything with or without the TA. The reduction doesn't start until 2013 with that check coming Feb 2014. If DL makes the max $2.5 bil then that reduction is about 2%. By then we will have had about 16% in raises(compounded) that we have been receiving so your statement about meager pay raise funded by our bonus is a little bogus. I don't mind a DL pilot saying the pay raise is not enough but I have trouble when the bottom of the pack who have done NOTHING to help our cause snipes at our pay rates. By the way I am leaning towards a no vote because I believe there is more $ on the table and the reward of capturing that out weighs the risk of a no vote.