Originally Posted by
Mesabah
No, T is a senior pilot who is stuck in the old way of thinking. That is, you maximize earning at the end of your career to pad you nest egg. Since, it didn't matter what happened as long as you got a seniority number and your company didn't go TU, you won the lottery. Such is not the case these days, and if you want to come close to matching his career earnings, you will probably have to get hired at Delta by age 25 at the latest.
I see. Sounds like you're saying his concern is that our rejection of the LBFO may harm him more then a ratification would have, i.e. cheaper terms for management under the 1113 puts more potential downward pressure on his future compensation. Yes,...... another pilot thinking only of himself.
Ah well, you can't swing a dead cat over your head without hitting guys like that in this business.
Well then, he'll be dismayed to hear our union is reporting the latest threat from management (I suppose this is the beginning of the "pain" they promised us) is that upon contract abrogation approval, they will go above and beyond their 1113 demands and plan to eliminate any and all present and future pension contributions to pilots, including no retroactive funding of payments missed should a future agreement be forthcoming. NO pension whatsoever for pilots, not even a minimally matched 401(k). Funny.......I assumed that Chapter 11 was NOT to be used as a vehicle to either gain unfair advantage over competitors or as a process to be used as a punitive club against labor. Seems the BK laws are being unilaterally reinterpreted as we speak.
I guess we'll have to see if judge Lane effectively steps aside and hands his gavel over to the debtor to use to club the pilots into submission with. Crazy times indeed, bruthas...................