Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
Critiquing past failures "serves no purpose?" Are you for real? How else are we going to learn from our missteps and improve for next time?
It's simply beyond debate that we left money on the table. Again.
Rest assured management is "Monday morning quarterbacking" the snot out of the last round of negotiations. For ALPA to stick its head in the sand by suggesting such soul-searching is harmful, and refuse to accept accountability, is the pinnacle of arrogance (and stupidity).
I want ALPA to come out and say "We messed up. We left money on the table. We got caught up in the company's desire to speed things up, and it was a mistake. We accept responsibility. We are taking (X, Y, and Z) steps to make sure it doesn't happen again. Oh, and here are the survey results."
1) Money is always left on the table. We work under the RLA. Even in C2K we left money on the table.
2) My comments on Monday Morning Quarter backing was directed to the tirades on here. I am sure DALPA looks at every event tactically.
3) DALPA looked at the opportunity and weighed the Pro and the Cons. It was far from a perfect deal but the pilots overwhelmingly approved it for a short term deal.
4) We are in a period of consolidation and liberalization. Those survey results are still valid, esp if you think they were not met.
How about you volunteer some time and work towards the ends that you desire. If DALPA is so backwards, it needs more people willing to fight, people like you. Give it a try.
