Originally Posted by
Old UCAL CA
Taking a position that is not supported anywhere else in the industry via peer group agreement or contract will not go far in convincing the NMB your position is "reasonable" unless you are prepared to "compensate" (read: give) elsewhere.
I'm not trying to bait anybody or be the bearer of bad tidings. But the cat is out of the bag and has been for some time. Time to move on as Mr. Bill says.
You need to take a better look around.
DAL has always led the pack in giving up flying. There are other major airlines that we can compare ourselves to.
Not all airline pilots will sell out the future for a small raise.
We need to move away from the "old guy" thinking and start making some progress.
(Just to clarify, my position is that the 50 seaters are going away and those cities will lose air service. The new CRJ-900's will be taking over mainline city pairs. Huge concession by a short-sighted group only focused on money).
DAL pilots have shown how their "hard caps" are easily discarded and changed with every new TA.
This doesn't have to be a disaster for us. We need to get to the point of "self help".