Originally Posted by
fly2002
We leave ALPA eventually. It's mathematical certainty. ALPA is 38 airlines with only 2 majors represented. If only one more major airline leaves then CAPA will represent more airline pilots than ALPA. ALPA will represent all the regionals and CAPA will represent all the majors.
In hindsight, my oversimplification of the delta ta vote is that the average age of the delta pilots is around 53ish. The company knows this and threw some money towards them gaining the necessary votes. These guys aren't trying to gain or prove anything. They just want more money before they retire. From that standpoint the agreement is "good" to them. But simple logic would dictate that this type of contract cannot be repeated, although it has, because eventually we will be jobless.
This is just silly. I will bet you that when the application window opens again, there will be thousands of guys trying to come here... thousands. And I will also bet you that there will be many that will be coming from the other legacy carriers.. even some that are still on the property (not furloughed) but if you are right, and this place sucks so bad, there will be virtually zero applications. jobless...
And as a 51 year old, the main thing that sold me on this agreement was the scope win. There is NOTHING in THAT for me, but it was the right thing to do for the younger guys. The money was good, but not great, and the DC addition leaves a lot to be desired. So why don;t you back off throwing rocks at the old guys before you
really know why they voted the way they did...