Originally Posted by
shiznit
I still don't see how capping outsourcing, cutting 1500 RJ pilot jobs, and increasing the pilot share of the company spending "pie" by $400 million per year(on average) is concessionary.
It will cost UCAL 750-800 million per year in gains to match it (plus about 350-400 more pilots added). Let us know when you get that done.
And good luck getting released with an embattled first term president from Chicago at the helm, genius idea....
Oh, and your MEC turned it down because it lacked all the important good parts of the DAL PWA... Rates don't tell the story...
Stop comparing it to UCAL and look at your own house, and what you can do for you. While you don't see it as concessionary, that $400m going to the pilots is actually saving the company $2.5b in 50 seater costs, while at the same time being partially funded with a decrease in profit sharing. It's a shell game, you're partially paying for your own raise. Company comes out much further ahead than you, while at the same time plusing up the number of large RJ's. In three years, DAL mgmt's mistakes will have been purged by your hard work, not theirs. What will you use to negotiate then? You may like the current TA, but you've got the leverage to make much more significant changes. Never mind the fact that a no vote slams the door forever on 900's (huge!).
For the record, I have no dog in this fight, just a guy watching from the sidelines hoping to join your team.