Originally Posted by
sinca3
And this is our biggest problem! If everyone prepared for this Sect. 6 like it was going to mean no paycheck for a month then I am sure most or more would be willing to vote no to try and get the MAXIMUM out of this turd!
If this thing passes by 1% then the company knows that it's all they could have gotten. If it passes by more than 1%, lets say something like 62% in favor and 38% not in favor, we are telling them they gave us too much so in the next Section 6 they will offer even less and try and take even more!
The flip to that is a no vote by 1% and I don't think they would throw all this work away and go it full sect 6 and the contention that ensues. They would tweak it with the bare minimum they think it will then pass by.
That's a great point - everyone that says vote (including DALPA) seems to imply that our next offer will be worse. The company is not stupid - they don't want us to work under the current contract or they would have allowed us to continue under full Section 6. I think the current TA can be fixed with some tweaking. For those of you just looking at pay the work rule downgrades (+2 ALV/TLV, +2 Reserve, ALV +15) are going to result in no hiring (with 717 arrival, with retirements) over the 3.5 length of the this contract. If you believe otherwise then vote yes, I don't, I'm tired of moving backwards in my category.