Originally Posted by
Gunter
Besides "smiles", which is nice, we do have a little more going for us.
Two raises that we would not have had during the interim.
Your position is a play on John Kerry -
"You were for it (FDA LOA 1) before you were against it (adding CGN)."
I would think you could understand the difference between negotiating between Section 6 (FDA LOA) and DURING Section 6 (4 year 9 month limit to make CGN possible).
The average FedEx pilot didn't even have Pay Raise in his Top 5 CBA Improvements, but we couldn't wait for a complete CBA Negotiation to get an hourly rate increase? We've lost more in Accepted Fares abuse over the last 3 years than we gained with 2 pay bumps, and we only memorialized moving the line on our pay rates over time graph to the right, leaving a permanent gap under the slope we had.
Yes, we had leverage, and we squandered it, but that's history. Where are we today? Any closer to achieving your Top 5 CBA Improvements?