Originally Posted by
TheManager
Sadly, it will never happen now. I checked in on Ben's board last night and threw up a little in my mouth.
Apparently Lee Moak had1,278,000 reasons not to declare an SOS last year, or probably ever.
I am an ALPA supporter, but that is obscene and indefensible. Before that little bomb shell went off I would have said DPA was in grave condition on life support and drifting into the dirt nap.
That movement just snapped out of it and sat up straight in bed while yanking out the IVs. Phuque! Just when I thought they were in the death swirl in the bowl and gonna be gone.
Why is this bad? Here's why!
That little Moak nugget set back any chance at unity building for a long time. So much for getting our $hit together before section 6.
I saw that number too. Yes, it's a lot of money. But how was the calculus done? I know if you take our total compensation (insurance, retirement etc...) it pumps the number up quite a lot. LM gets a housing allowance, vehicle allowance, and other things. It is a good gig, that's for sure. But is it enough to give DPA a shot in the arm? For me, it's not. Maybe others feel differently.
A 2 percent raise isn't going to cut it for me this next go around. A giveback of any kind isn't going to work for me either. I don't want to hear that negotiations are 'give and take'. The company has taken and we have given plenty. Our executives don't ask what they have to give up to get a raise. When the FA's get the same raise as us, they don't get more days on reserve. Are you listening DALPA??