Originally Posted by
MOTOJOE
Well bottom line for me. And it's all about me. Lol. There should be nothing in the new contract that stays status quo. All of it should be better, pay, vacation, sick, etc. no more stealing from peter to pay Paul on this contract. I hear RA doesn't like our sick policy, to many pilots sick. We'll get a clue Delter, for the first time in history were all pushing 60 and up and were not going to feel as well as we were in our 20's. No delta pilot should except these kind of contract trade offs. IMO
Agreed. If we can't get substantial gains on this contract, then we really need to rethink the need for a traditional union. I get the feeling that many of our union leaders (guys at the top) don't really think of themselves as airline pilots, thus we get what they think is good enough for us. American had their hands tied in their merger agreement to have a basically cost neutral contract, they don't have much leverage. No excuses ALPA, lead the way to restore this profession or get out of the way and come back to fly the line.
NYR