Originally Posted by
Mesabah
You work at Delta right? Your last contract, C2012, was cost neutral to the company. There is a finite amount of money, so it had to come from somewhere if you got a raise.
No argument there. I'm still trying to wrap my head around your earlier response:
Originally Posted by GogglesPisano:
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This is relevant to the airline industry how exactly? Your prejudice against collective bargaining in whatever business you own isn't necessarily transferable to a highly-regulated profession in which highly-skilled employees wager their certificate every time they come to work -- and wager their future earnings and quality of life everytime some MBA's decide to merge.
I work for a successful legacy and am very happy here, just wish we earned more. To think any of us could have achieved this without decades of collective bargaining (albeit 2 steps forward, 1 step back) is naive to the point of absurdity.
If you really wanted a union-free career, you should have targeted the corporate world, with all the ass-kissing and ladder-climbing that goes with it."
Mesabah:
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Actually, you don't, you see the bottom 40% of your flying is done by regional pilots who are "eating it" so you can live the "high life". Yeah the regional guys are willing to do it, but you will always find some willing."
How does the fact that regional pilots perform some of Delta's flying negate the fact that work for a successful legacy carrier and I'm happy to be here?