Originally Posted by sailingfun

Well if the F/A's voted in a union they would probably include industry standard caps in a contract. That would require the company to hire thousands of new flight attendants. They might also have to give them a lot more in DC money. They would probably have to award all flying by seniority and that would certainly hurt our highly profitable sports charter business. You would also have to deal with a service slowdown as the flight attendants attempt tp pressure the company in negotiations.
Of course we could go non Union. I suspect the very first thing the company would do is eliminate all caps for us. You can kiss your advancement goodbye for a long time! They will tell you it's a pay raise and for your own good!

Originally Posted by sailingfun

Of course the companies non pilot employee costs would go up substantially. We are making lots of money now but sooner or later it will change again. Be careful what you wish for!

Originally Posted by DALFA

Do you know if PAFCA (Dispatchers) have "me too" clauses in their contract at Delta?

I can personally tell you that it's not so much about trying to get a bunch of money for many of us...it's about accountability and not worrying about being fired over something stupid.

We just had a girl get fired the other week because while deplaning she was in the back galley and sent a text to her daughter who was sick and another F/A took a picture of her and sent it in to management. Tell me that's not *******ed up.