Originally Posted by
Big E 757
I agree, they may not have said it specifically, but from what I remember, they were suggesting that if we ratify the contract, we would be hiring by the end of the year and everything would start moving upwards....oh and don't worry about the 3rd and 4th year 3% pay raises, another merger or the new FTDT regs are going to give us the leverage to negotiate a new contract WAY before those pay raises take effect.
I felt like a chump then, I felt like a chump Jan 1, 2014, and I will feel like a used prom date on Jan 1, 2015 when my date stops returning my calls.
We have been used, in the name of proactive engagement, and our phone calls are already being ignored. They are making billions and we have served our purpose through sacrifice...now we are going to have to fight, tooth and nail, for every future gains we achieve.
E
I went to a roadshow and my memory is different from yours. I think a lot of people were thrown off by the fact that we needed to hire for the 717 but that with the delivery schedule as published it was going to take awhile before bodies were needed. SD with his statement that we could start the hiring process as early as 4th qtr 2012 also raised false hopes. I've been around long enough to know that a statement like that means nothing. Starting the hiring process could have started 1st qtr 2013 when they hired Cal to be the head of pilot hiring, that's the first step in the hiring process right ?
I have no problem with the no voters on 2012, they looked at the TA and deemed it wasn't worthy. I have a little problem with yes voters who say they were duped, either they are simpletons or they didn't do there homework, both of which are scary traits in a pilot. Buyers remorse is ok, it's easy to look back and say we should have done better.