Originally Posted by
LivingTheDream
Argue the facts.
Here are the facts: I will be making 15% less in 2015 than I did in 2004...11 years later!
Did anyone really expect that we would make any significant improvements in 2 months of negotiations?
Barring the company throwing us a pile of money and work rules, I would expect that any truly significant contractual improvements would/will require a very large battle on our part.
Remember, the majority of the pilot group has lost billions in the last eight years. I hope our group has enough resolve/fight left in us to regain a large portion of that loss.
We will know soon enough.
Wow, very well stated.
Reminds me of a MMA fight for the heavyweight championship. Everyone knows that there's no way you can be the champ (C2K restoration), unless you step into the octagon. But if you feel like your getting killed in your attempt to be champ, you can always tap-out (Really big improvements in pay and reversing outsourcing).
What's happening now is the realization that one of the fighters (DALPA) is tapping out at the weigh-in (cost neutral TA), and everyone's standing around asking: "Can somebody tap-out at the weigh in??"
Carl