Originally Posted by
Timbo
So...how did we get "restoration" in our 2001 contract?
We had family awareness meetings where we talked about our losses, and what we needed to restore the profession.
The MEC rallied the troops, the MEC put out "Restoration" lapel pins, had meeting, talked openly about what we had lost in POS 96, and what we needed to "Restore the Profession" !
Remember?
Where is that kind of leadership from our MEC today?
Where are the Family Awareness meetings?
Where is the accounting for our financial input to Save Delta?
The MEC acts like the biggest pay cut, and retirement losses in the history of the Profession, never happened!!
The MEC won't even mention how much money we "GAVE" to Delta in 2004, and how much of their "BIllions" in earnings today is DIRECTLY attributable to OUR CONCESSIONS!! The ONLY reason we gave up 42% of our pay and our DB plan was to...
SAVE DELTA!!
Well...It WORKED!
WE SAVED DELTA!!
So, WHEN are WE going to be PAID BACK for our sacrifices??
WHEN??
I would certainly not call the 01 contract a restoration contract. It was a contract with lots of give and take that put our hourly rates at the top of the industry but left our overall pilot costs slightly below the top and brought all the major industry players very close to each other with the exception of SWA who still lagged well behind. It certainly was not industry leading in the scope section.
Contrast that with where we stand today and the numbers that will end up in front of the NMB and we have a vastly different situation.