Originally Posted by
DAL 88 Driver
Since 38% comes up quite a bit short of restoring the pay cuts we took in an extreme financial crisis for Delta, I think Carl is being quite reasonable.
I'm willing to be even more reasonable. I'd take 25% on day one, as long as the next 3 or 4 years provided increases large enough to get us close to full restoration of those pay cuts (in terms of buying power) by that point.
I realize your context for this discussion is very limited, Oberon. But the perspective Carl and I are giving is the perspective of someone who has been around this profession quite a bit longer and apparently has a better appreciation for the value of what we do as professional aviators.
So your "appreciation for the value of what we do as professional aviators" is worth what? 25%? Why would the company give you anything based on "appreciation"?
Labor peace is worth something. I'm not sure what exactly, but something. Do you think it's worth 25%? Real numbers would be useful in this conversation.