Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver

Who said anything about ultimatums?

What you do is you put together your best case for restoring our pay. There are a lot of good, rational arguments IN FAVOR of this. "Historical events" are relevant but not by any means the only aspect of the argument. This industry has been restructured in a way that should permit better, more consistent profitability going forward. Our company is making literally BILLIONS (with a "B") in profits. Pilot costs are relatively small in the grand scheme of things. Our company CAN afford to restore our pay. In fact, when you look at what is happening to our profession (in terms of being able to attract enough quality newcomers), it could be argued that our company can't afford NOT to restore our pay.

Do you think DALPA (with guys like Alfa driving things behind the scenes) is making these kinds of arguments? Nope. Not even close. All you have to do is look at their words here. That tells you everything you need to know. If they're arguing against it here, you can bet they aren't arguing FOR it with management.