Originally Posted by
Oskeewowow
What you see as optimistic, I see as defeatist. Where's your fire? Where's your burning desire for a new contract? With a widespread "it's not that bad attitude," we won't see a TA for another five years. Management wants nothing more than massive attrition to thin out the grizzled old vets and bring in new blood that are just happy to have a job. We are in the professional fight of our lives, and you want to just sit back and believe in a management team subscribing to the Fast Food model of turnover? Stand up for what you are worth and don't settle for "it could be worse." That is if you really are one of us, one of the 2000 rotting under a nine year old contract.
Good pep talk but I pay good money to my union to represent me. Do you really believe that if we had all collectively wanted a contract just a little bit more then we would have one? About the only thing we can do collectively is fire the union and get a new one if we don't feel they are performing well. I choose not to become one of the disgruntled pilots that focuses all their energy on the negative. Life is too short for that.