Originally Posted by Herkflyr

THAT said, despite the constant teeth-gnashing and boo-hooing you read in this place .... DALPA has made a lot of very good, incremental gains on what I call the "margins" of the contract. The list is getting quite extensive, but it includes:

Originally Posted by Purple Drank

and ALPA promised they heard us "loud and clear" before the last contract.

So they brought us 4833, ALV+15, reduced profit sharing, sick leave verification, 7 short calls--and the negotiating committee went rogue to finish the "deal." We bailed out the company's 50-seat crisis. ALPA also promised 300 early-outs which never materialized, and stated that we'd never see the "3-3" part of the deal. Don't forget, hiring took a year longer than implied.

We gave up (?) in return for airplanes the company was going to get anyway.

To top it off, we were assaulted with a slick marketing campaign featuring multi-media doses of Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. Paid for with our dues money.

Meanwhile, the company is ignoring our JV protections, and the "union" is silent.

The good news is, "labor risk is off the table" for RA, and "our" "union" president gave a national interview saying we only wanted raises in the "margin" for C2015 because we have a "mature contract." Good times.

Oh, and the survey results were never released.