Originally Posted by
newKnow
Frank,
I appreciate your desire to make Delta a stronger company. I want us to kick butt, too. It's great to see the stock price go up and hear the announcements for all the awards we are winning.
But, before we, as a pilot group, agree to anything to help the company I think we have to ask ourselves if it's absolutely necessary.
With the next round of negotiations coming up, I think it's imperative for us to remember how much this gig has changed over the last 15 years, and how much we lost compared to the other employee groups. We are the only ones who had our careers transformed into jobs. IMO, through our terminated/frozen pensions, downgrades, furloughs, work rule changes, and degraded benefits, we have given more than our fair share. (Or, was it taken from us? :roll eyes: )
I think if Delta needs more -- which I don't think they do -- they should look elsewhere first.
You really need to go back and look at what happened to the other employee groups at Delta. Entire groups had their jobs eliminated and outsourced never to return. Thousands of other employees had their jobs reclassified to DGS or DSS or whatever the name is now at much lower pay and benefits. Staffing in jobs that remained Delta has been slashed. Delta's non pilot costs are well below their pilot costs relative to the industry. You really don't want to compare your pay and benefits to the non pilot employees if your seeking improvements!