Originally Posted by
tsquare
I hear the senior FOs (on these boards) loud and clear. The disconnect arises when I hear that saying 'no' guarantees anything. Like I told purple, Let's roll the dice, but if it goes bad, I don't wanna hear any whining.... Pilots are by definition -risk averse-. One would think that a plan for slow steady recapture of scope and compensation would be preferable, but it seems that many would prefer to swing for the fence. Babe Ruth struck out a lot.
Just sayin' I really don't care either way, but I just wish those that are advocating a philosophy of exercising some sort of push back plan would for once actually delineate exactly what leverage it is that they believe we can bring to bear.... And just say 'no' is not leverage.
T,
Just my opinion, but this LOA would probably have gone no differently if DPA was in charge. This was 100% in house DALPA. I will be interested to read the various dissenting opinions between the reps.
Another opinion I have, based on SDs last letter to the troops is that no matter how much each of us is bent to think like managers, or investment grade whatevers, SD and management looks at us like children and incapable of rational managerial thought...
It was an interesting and entertaining back and forth last night, but one thing all of us can probably agree on, we were almost all completely in the dark about the details and nuance of what this LOA involved (that didn't stop us) and we argued with each other based on the standard "battle lines."
Why was this LOA which, IMO, was negotiated over a period of time done in such secrecy? Why were we not educated on the nuance by our CBA? Why was there no MEMRAT?
Are we a bunch of idiots? Do our reps view us the same as SD views us? This LOA was the perfect set up for one of those Hitler videos.
As to the leverage question, if the company comes to us, we have leverage. The amount of that leverage is the question mark.
There are a couple of things I THINK are facts.
1. This doesn't have anything to do with 15 pax/day, that number will get much larger.
2. The end result of the LOA will require fewer DAL jets to do the same job.