Originally Posted by
Captain Bligh
We'll soon see LEC and MEC reps selling a substandard TA, that includes a huge mark down on retro pay (call it signing bonus if it makes you feel better) in the neighborhood of 35 cents on the dollar, because of "the total cost" of it. A wholesale roll over on scope, because "The Delta pilots didn't need it". Work rules that won't make S-UAL pilots happy because "we need to keep our competitive advantage" and best of all, the excuse that we are starting from zero with our concessionary/bankruptcy starting points here and can't get released, so let's not even try or we'll be put on ice. Let's just take this deal and we'll get it "next time" guys.
Fools
They can tout it all they want but I sure as heck won't vote for anything less than 100% retro pay. Now, if the company had negotiated in good faith and wrapped up negotiations in a couple of months, then heck yes I'd vote for a contract with a retro "haircut" BUT NOT NOW. They've been bleeding us, dragging this out for 2+ years and now I want them to choke on the retro pay.