Originally Posted by
DAL 88 Driver
GMAB. I haven't used SWA pilots as "the gold standard." Their compensation is simply one of several things that help make a good case for significant restoration of our compensation. And DALPA refuses to use this to our advantage or to even acknowledge that it exists. It's ridiculous that I've had to spend so much time arguing about how much SWA pilots make, because it is well documented and not open to interpretation (despite DALPA's attempts to manipulate the comparative data and make us look better than we really are).
So... they cut our pay by 42%, take away a significant portion of our retirement benefit, and outsource thousands of jobs so that our advancement is stagnated. This is all done because of an extreme financial crisis for the company. Then, when the crisis is over and the company is doing extremely well, they leave the bulk of the cuts in and expect us to just suck it up and accept it as the new deal. As things stand today, that represents probably a 30 to 40% reduction in the value of our careers. What kind of rationalization does a person have to go through to come around to seeing that as treating us well?
So you're saying that DALPA never compared our wages and earnings to SWA pilots? And that Delta pilots are still working under a 42% paycut? And that the company no longer has $10 BILLION dollars in debt? Or that work rules and pay have not improved since exiting BK or since the merger? Or that our DC isn't one of the best in the industry?
If you want to acknowledge the bad, you must also acknowledge the good. The improvements may not be coming as fast as you want, but they're happening. And at a faster rate then most of the industry.