Originally Posted by
Oberon
You think you are entitled to some unsaid pay rate because you used to make an equivalent rate. That's not learning from history that's just asking for something you used to have. How does the negotiating environment compare to the negotiating environment in 2001? That's the history that matters.
Many of us that lived through this dark time in our history are trying to make up for the "lost decade". The Delta and NW pilots made huge sacrifices so that our companies could survive. Now that Delta is wildly profitable, is it not appropriate that we take steps to receive payment that is in alignment with what we contributed a decade ago?
I'm not demanding more money because we used to make that much. I'm demanding more money because DALPA said 4,8,3,3 was all that there was to get in the 2012 environment. With the company now making over 1 Billion a quarter, I think it's pretty obvious that we left LOTS of money on the table with C2012.
It is now easy to see that the company can afford to pay us significantly more than 4,8,3,3 on this next contract. The only question is will we accept it?