Originally Posted by
ovrtake92
I just filled out the survey and I like that it went into the detail of things I think are important. I have begun to adjust my mindset about this being some quick contract that gets inked by fall. I think if we want a nice little 10 percent raise and give away our 4 days off with transition conflict then we'll probably have a contract very soon. However I am willing to wait and strike if need be to achieve what we all know we deserve. Lets all forget the quick instant gratification contract thing and plan on getting the contract we deserve. I have confidence in our ALPA team but they will only bargain for what we are willing to achieve. Im content to ride this out and get the numbers we deserve. Thats my rant. Carry on. PS I like Bendo but I would have fell out of my chair if he said anything about 2 percent unless he was talking about milk for my cereal.
If 10% and qol concessions is in a quick TA they can shove it up their ass. However a 4 year negotiation and 70% raise is equally unacceptable. That is hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost income as well as lost seniority at another airline. I told them if a long drawn out negotiation is managements goal for us to get what we deserve then they (NC) need to just flat out tell the pilot group. It's just business so if that's managements plan, fine. But some of us are playing wait and see with this contract because we genuinely want to retire at spirit. If management isn't willing to agree to a career airline contract in short order we need to know so we can get while the getting is good.