Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
However, the Delta pilots were not confused, they understand that pay and benefits are going up by about 25-30% all in and productivity is increasing by about 1-2%.
Talk about word games. Pay RATES may have gone up, but far too many of us are seeing those RATE gains neutralized by displacements. Displacements allowable by contract changes that allow us to do more flying with less pilots. I know you know this, so I wonder who you are trying to fool with this line of "reason".
Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
Everyone knows that 25-30% is more than 1-2%. That is the critical factor, that is what pays the bills, that is what improves the lives of pilots.
See above.
Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
That is why these 5 reps could not articulate a single plan that made any sense that would have improved upon these results. Hoping that management will just come back for more is not a plan that is self delusion.
They articulated their thoughts beautifully. But folks like you and the rest of the MEC administration refused to listen, then denigrated them as being a divisive force. You put in front of them a fait accompli. A done deal. They were faced with accepting this bad deal, or sending back an angry and embarrassed negotiating committee to negotiate with management. That's what YOU and the MEC administrators did to our reps. All of our reps. Some reps didn't seem to mind very much. Others did.
Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
All the rest of this is just obfuscation where you are trying to confuse people into thinking that there is something sinister with the fact that Delta has to produce much more revenue that even our improved TA costs them. Delta managers describe that most basic fact and you treat it like it is some magic revelation
Straw man argument that only you are having with yourself.
Carl