Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
We were bent over at the negotiating table during c12, Far117, NRT block hours, VA JV, and more using your appeasement technique.
What will it take to convince you that your "strategy" has been proven worthless?
We were far from "bent over at the table" except in your peculiar world-view shared by very few others.
C2012 was a good, though not great, contract.
FAR 117 negotiations were a huge win for the pilots. 5.15 ADG, and applicable to reserves was a giant improvement...or do you long for the "good ol' days" where a two day trip would pay a reserve four hours? (when I got hired 18 years ago EVERY reserve was on automatic SC at 0300 on his first on call day; "good ol' days?" I think nyet)
JV are "to be determined" in my book but not yet the epic fail you claim.
The NRT block hours agreement was a realization on DALPA's part (but not yours) that the world changes and we better not keep our head in the sand and pretend that it is 1992 forever. I would rather have a percentage of flying guarantee for the entire Pacific than continue to cling to an increasingly irrelevant and outdated NRT-only agreement.