Originally Posted by
NERD
Rte66,
This isn't the 2001-2010 timeframe where certain airlines were struggling to survive. This is 2014 and the consolidation has formed 4 powerhouse companies. Absolutely not the time to give anything. The days of give backs and cost neutral should be over. To me, it's hard to believe that anyone outside of management(because that is all they know) is even entertaining the idea.. The crisis of the last decade is over. These companies survived because of our sacrifices, are now thriving and it's time to pay up.
The days of "give backs and cost neutral" are....OVER? Really?
The crisis of the "last decade(s)" is.....OVER?
Why don't you guys go to the APA web site and re-read (which I just did AGAIN) Lyons bio and the History of APA/ALPA?
It's NEVER over and unions never seem to remember the lessons of what needs to be done. Even Lyons knew this. David L. Behncke, a great leader....not my words (although I agree wholeheartedly) but Dick Lyons. "The five members who would be expelled for life from ALPA in 1963 were Nick O'Connell, Paul Atkins, Bob Guba, Joe Garvey, and
Dick Lyons."
First why don't you guys go back and READ....REALLY READ that history and then come back here and ask yourself (look in that mirror):
What did Dave and Dick DO that "made a difference then" and what makes it different now?
Remember, you said it, the times now are different!
What say you?
History of APA