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?
This is exactly right folks. 100% correct. I wrote this after the debacle of our FAR 117 negotiations:
Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Given what we've seen with the Dickson memo and 117 negotiations, our MEC chairman should be writing a letter similar to this:
"...all indications are that C2015 negotiations are going to be very tough given our desires for an industry leading contract in all areas, and management's desire to keep us at an industry average. Therefore we must begin the preparations for an option we hope we won't have to use - a strike. If a strike is ultimately called for by our members, it's imperative that all our families are prepared for a pay interruption. With deadlocked negotiations possibly taking two years and another year before they begin, we all have about three years to begin saving for our family's emergency fund. We recommend a minimum of 9 months living expenses be saved. Hopefully management will be reasonable and see the value of having the best pilots in the industry, but we must be prepared if they're not..."
The fact that this is not happening right now, leads me to believe DALPA has no intention of pursuing our ultimate weapon. No matter what.
After I wrote that, all the rocking chair victims like tsquare, Sink r8, etc., came absolutely unglued. Whether we have the membership to do what's necessary to achieve a pilot contract that leads the industry
in every category is an entirely open question.
Carl