Originally Posted by
tsquare
Excellent comparison. But you do know it will fall on eyes that choose not to see. Eyes that would be much happier just to have the satisfaction of punching the company in the mouth, even if the blowback is far more damaging to themselves.
Why do you keep saying this when you know it's not true? I've corrected you several times. Yet you continue to spew this nonsense. I realize it fits your template for trying to characterize anyone who disagrees with DALPA's proactive appeasement as an angry, irrational, malcontent, but just because you keep saying it doesn't make it true.
Originally Posted by
tsquare
I'd much rather drive an Alfa Romeo than drink a glass of purple drank anyday.
I don't know about that. That Alfa Romeo could be costing you a lot in maintenance and gas. Plus, that giant "I'm smarter than everybody else" sticker on the back window is pretty obnoxious. The glass of purple drank might not taste the greatest to you, but what if it turns out that it's really a nutritious beverage and good for your long term health?
Originally Posted by
tsquare
You know the other thing you could have done would have been to show a ROIC on that $80,000/year at a meager return of 5%/year... compounded... and just how much more THAT would have been. But I'm sorry, I forget, time/value of that money is mythical. nevermind. (It would have yielded an additional $144K... if my math is right)
Did you notice how he conveniently left out the fact that Delta has recovered from bankruptcy... had a better business plan, better management, is putting out a better product for our customers, is currently making multiple billions in profits... better than LCC? It couldn't be that pilot groups like AMR and LCC didn't make much progress with a stated restorative type objective because their particular circumstances made that completely impossible and not because the objective or parts of their strategy weren't appropriate, now could it?
I'd like to see a chart showing the time value of the approximately $100K per Delta pilot that I figure we've contributed PER YEAR for the past 10 years to Delta's recovery. On the surface that's
only $1 million each. Do the time value of money calculation, and it's significantly more.
And nobody I know of (including me) is suggesting we be paid back for that. My belief is simply that concessions (the reduced value for our profession and our careers) are no longer warranted or needed now that our company is out of the woods, the industry has been restructured in a way that should facilitate more consistent profits and less dramatic cycles, and our company is making record profits in the billions. $1 million (or more if you look at TVM) is a pretty generous contribution to help your company get through a financial crisis, don't you think? Now, that's water under the bridge and it's time to make it right going forward. I sure wish we had someone representing us that was advocating such, instead of the Lee Moak's of the world trying to rationalize it and acting like we don't expect restoration.