Originally Posted by
OldFlyGuy
I'm a bit confused by the negotiating set up this time. First the company wants to open and negotiate early. For what? PR value? They had to know DALPA was gonna open high and had no need to hurry. They have to know this contract is gonna be expensive. Obviously they must want something. Sick leave---? how many true serial abusers exist and how much could they save? May be an irritant to the company, but seriously. A handful of senior F/Os bid with LCAs and leverage a good deal... out of almost 13,000. Those things sound like diversions. Productivity--they will always want more--no surprise there. Serious high value items: more RJ scope relief, Intl scope relief, changes to Profit Sharing. Any of these items are gonna cost DAL a ton if we yield at all. Now they go and flush $5 billion on stock buybacks? So they can claim poverty? If the company wants a quick deal it can be a form of leverage for us. Carl seems to think DAL is trying to screw us out of something. He is probably right. The question is "out of what." OFG
Oh, they are going to try to screw us out of something. Your task is to wade through the chaff bombs being dropped by Mgt and ALPA....and figure out what "that" is. My money is on profit sharing. Bet we get 50 cents on the dollar, when it should be 1.50 since they would realize savings across other employee groups. It's the fabled reverse me-too clause never seen in the history of manned flight.