Originally Posted by
ayecarumba
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I spoke with 1 of our LEC reps so far regarding this and he states the negotiating committee HAS said NO several times and walked away and that this was as far as they could get given that, in general, other pilot groups are not helping us gain any leverage (FedEx, UPS, UAL, AMR... forgot to ask about SWA) and that any leverage we have has been played as far MGT is concerned. The only leverage we may have remaining is a strike and that would take years of meditation to reach.
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FWIW..ALPA told us at FedEx the same stuff about no leverage from the other groups to get us to vote for our 2 year contract extension with a 6% raise last year instead of entering into Sec 6. Time value of money, NMB told them they would not help us (from an earlier post, not the one above), other pilot groups were not providing leverage for us with their contracts etc. Interesting they would point finger at other groups in ALPA as a reason they didn't do better in both cases. Kind of a circular argument to me though. Having said that, I wish my Delta Brethren well in this endeavor wherever the TA vote may lead..