Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
Our MEC chairman has pledged to deliver an "historic contract" without actually defining "historic."
Or is "Historic Contract" simply a rhetorical flourish like TO's "We hear you loud and clear?"
My guess is it's pretty much the same. You have to pay really close attention to these politicians and the words they choose. They like to make you think they mean one thing but then they state it in a way where it gives them an out.
Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
I'd like to ask each poster here, "how do you define an 'historic contract'?"
To me, "historic contract" equates to the best monetary buying power and work rules in the history of the pilot group.
That's pretty much my definition too. But I suspect MD's definition is that "historic contract" equates to the most improvement ever made by a formerly bankrupt carrier's pilots. That seems to be DALPA's frame of reference. In any case, I'm pretty sure his definition/objective doesn't involve restoration. Hope I'm wrong...