Originally Posted by
slowplay
You realize that in 2015 Delta pilots will be leading the industry (again) in pay rates?
We will NOT. You don't even know what's in SWAPA's contract or how to properly compare their pay. Others from SWA have taken the time to post it. And once again, pay
rates often tell a misleading story. Pay rates, fleet mix, scope and work rules tell the whole story.
Originally Posted by
slowplay
Oh, can you show me how those "fighting" unions have produced better results? Maybe an NWA guy can remind us how much of a pay rate increase they got after a 14 day lockout in 1998.
I know it was a significant bump in pay rate, but I don't remember anymoe. That wasn't the fight anyway. We went on strike to eliminate the B-scale. Management would NOT budge. After our strike, they budged. The B-scale was eliminated at the end of our post strike contract.
Originally Posted by
slowplay
I'm all for a fight if it gets us better results.
No you're not. The wording of your very own sentence proves it. You don't know what the
results are until
after the fight. What you're really saying is that you'd NEVER fight...because you
can't know what the
results of that fight would be.
But you don't need to worry about fighting anyway. This contract doesn't apply to you MEC bureaucrats who get the 92 hours of FPL on the highest equipment you can hold. I know you just don't get why anyone would fight over somethng as good as you have it.
Carl