Originally Posted by
sailingfun
As always the question becomes how did contract 2012 end up being the contract everyone envied and the admitted benchmark by both management and unions at all the other passengers airlines? How did we go from virtually last to first in 6 years?
I can't take it anymore.
I don't care what the rest of the industry thinks about our contract.
C2012 was not an excellent contract by any stretch. I was a yes vote and I regret it because I now truly belive Delta would be making billions even if we had gotten full restoration on the last contract. I think many of those on this board who lost retirements and dropped 40% of their pay would disagree with your assertion.
The slow climb back up over the last 10 years is hardly something to envy. We have been climbing out of a pit. So I don't care about comparing other airlines who are also just trying to climb out of the pit. I don't think that should be celebrated. There is no pit anymore. Billions are coming in. Management should be trying to make things right after all of these years. I don't think DALPA should be trying to take credit for something management should've done in the first place. We are within spitting distance of getting full restoration but it seems like there are many on here that just can't bring themselves to say the word "restoration".
Why not?