you are the best, we love how hard you work, you deserve the best, we are trying, we need time to fix things, are we perfect, no but..... Sound familiar?

Reality at jb - you are the best but you will not be compensated as such. It doesn't cost a dime to tell someone they are the best. Its actions that matter not words. If someone is the best and you truly believe that then you will do whatever it takes to compensate them appropriately. You can talk for years and years but until you show employees through pay, medical, retirement, disability and vacation then its just that, words. Think of all the motivational emails you receive, they don't cost a dime but they sure paint a story about how great you are. How much is that "you are great plaque" going to pay you at retirement? Sorry, but time to show us the money. Hate to put it so harshly but guys are tired of the games.

Why are they going to change anything in regards pay and benefits when the stall tactics have worked for years? Nothing will change unless the work group finally puts a stop to this nonsense. Sadly, you will still have x% of people that will still say things like"its still better than XX airline that I worked for," and my favorite "if people don't like it they should just quit." I never thought that a fair medical and compensation plan was sticking it to the company?