Originally Posted by
Big E 757
What is the chit chat forum? Is that the DALPA forum? I stopped going there a long time ago.
Ok so I stand corrected. If they bring us a POS TA, we vote it down.
If this contract doesn't meet our expectations, in this environment if they can't negotiate an outstanding contract, they are done here at Delta.
They can act like they are smarter than me, and that they know what's best for me all day long and that doesn't bother me. All I care about are results, and if they don't produce results this time around, I am done with them and I suspect there are many others who feel the same way.
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I hope we have enough of us that agree with this (despite the new screen names that have shown up lately to dampen expectations). Didn't pilots give and give and give before I got here? Why would you want to forget all those concessions which allowed the company to prosper and thrive to the point of record profits only to go into future negotiations with the mindset of, "That's why they call it negotiating--you have to give concessions!"
I don't get that mindset with the environment we find ourselves. Sure, if you're a defeatist and suffer from pilot-guilt, but otherwise why in the world would you think pilots need to give up more QOL to make gains? At some point you have to realize you've been bled for all you can give.
I realize the company wants to make gains anyway and every way it possibly can. Great! But stop looking at the employees. I know that's where the easy gains are, but enough is enough! The ticket prices have gone up; the fuel costs have gone down; the efficiencies have been achieved: PROFITS have been realized. The greed of trying to get more out of the pilot group has got to stop! Look elsewhere.
Time for gains without giving up what we have.