Originally Posted by
johnso29
It's funny you say that. SWAPA has constantly been a example used of where we need to be. Yet no one wants to acknowledge how they got there.
Answer me this. Who obtained contracts before Delta obtained C2K? Because Delta pilots didn't get C2K all by themselves. What's amazing is that 37% of Delta pilot's voted NO for C2K. When will it be good enough?
And who has surpassed Delta pilot's current earnings?
Easy. First SWAPA . They obviously never entered BK. They did not hand over their retirement as we did and never took the haircut in work rules and compensation as we did.
Pointing to them and saying that this is a sound strategy is disingenuous. Apples to oranges.
After contract C2K, SWAPA was aggressively agitating for like compensation on their next contract. 9/11 happened and they stayed with the incremental gains.
We were able to get C2K directly because of 3b6.
We gave that away in c2k. For that reason, but primarily due to work rule changes, changes to reserve, and pbs, I voted no. Sure the $$$ was fantastic. But being relatively junior then, the work rules impacted my young family more profoundly than the $$$ enhanced it. Remember, current pay rates did not impact retirement then unless you were in your final 3 years.
And to answer your final question, it will be good enough once we have unity and make a stand to obtain compensation that at least exceeds the rate of inflation. 4-8-3-3 does not do it.