View Single Post
Old 08-23-2014 | 09:19 AM
  #742  
scambo1's Avatar
scambo1
The Brown Dot +1
 
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 7,775
Likes: 0
From: 777B
Default

Originally Posted by Timbo
Because of what happened to American, that is always the DALPA answer.

The issue that nobody at DALPA wants to talk about is, So WHAT?

If I were Lee Moak, or Mike D, I would say to the NMB, "You park us, we park the airplanes, period." No bucks, no Buck Rogers.

Is that an illegal job action? Yup. Is Lee or MD going to go to jail, to get your pay and pension restored? Nope. That's why they won't even say the word.

But absent that threat, we have no real leverage, other than begging for 3% raises, after taking 42% pay cuts.

What was it Richard said, "Labor risk has been taken off the table..."

Without Labor Risk, we have no leverage.

So bend over and take C2015 in the pooper, again. You will NEVER see 'restoration' absent the threat of a job action. Richard is not going to throw that much money at us just because he likes us. If however, his billions of Delta Shares were to drop in value, due to pilot unrest....well...now we may be getting somewhere! But we don't have the leadership to pull it off. And to be honest, we don't have the membership to pull it off either. What did you think that rocking chair was for?
That's pretty much how I see it too.

Why can't an ALPA president or master chairman see that the possibility of jail time is part of the risk of the job?

Membership wise, I also agree. However, I have no hard evidence, just a gut feeling. We can all "get behind" DALPA for a "historic" c15, but when the rubber hits the road, what will the membership do? I have my own opinion, and it doesn't play out well.
Reply