Originally Posted by
Sink r8
Dramatic, much?
His letter makes plenty of sense, and it doesn't alienate anyone that's not invested in acting alienated. I'd give it a B-. It's a little long, and could be a little more "fire-in-the-belly", I suppose. I see a couple of opportunities that were not captured. But to declare it a "fail" is ridiculous.
You have some really odd grading standards, considering every letter the MEC ever submitted gets a red "F" from you, but the crap that DPA puts out somehow gets a pass.
Not quite true Sink,
I'm not a DPA supporter and never have been. I actively engage my reps and I know my contract better than most, however I didn't like his letter at all. In my opinion it really didn't say anything other than laying out a timeline and tooting the union horn from 07 until now. After reading the first paragraph my take away was that we are not going to ask for anything appropriate for the amount of money that Delta is currently making but want to just plod along like a work mule continuing to get some incremental gains. I truly hope that I'm wrong.
On the first day of 2015, the Delta pilots achieved their eighth consecutive annual pay increase. Let’s think about that for a moment: If you were hired in 2007 or later (over 2000 of our pilots), every New Year’s Day has come with a pay raise. Your hourly pay rates have grown through annual percentage increases, and from longevity and seat or equipment changes.
To the degree we can control things, this is the type of career we must always strive for; continuous progression, increased pay, better work rules, solid benefits and better retirement while working for a successful company.
In my opinion this would be a memo sent out by management, not the leader of the union. I would have preferred something like:
The timing is finally right, and appropriate, for the company to recognize the significant sacrifices that the Delta pilot group endured in order to make this company the best in the industry.
Then go into this plan on how to make this contract the best we have seen including C2K.
Just my opinion