Originally Posted by
Bananie
Yeah, I was here, bankruptcy sucks we all got the T-Shirt. For me the issue is once bankruptcy is over how do you recover. This MEC has led the way since 2008. US Air sat for a decade with nothing. American 5 years or more. Continental and United 3 years or more. All I know is that I have made a lot more over the last 5 years than my friends at American and United and they are eternally p-o'd at coming to work every day. I like my job and my company and I can read my W-2's.
We were driven into a ditch by crappy management. This MEC has drug us out of the ditch better than anyone else. Not perfectly, but I am not perfect either so I forgive those who trespass against me. This TA is not perfect either but if we wait for a perfect contract we will all be dead first. This is a lot of money for people that need it. I am an optimist, I concentrate on the good, some always concentrate on the bad.
Think long term and big picture. If we accept 8/0/3/3 in a time of record profits we are lowering the bar for every future contract.
What kind of raises so you think we will get next time if the profits decline?
Maybe 2/1/1/1?
I would rather keep my at risk compensation as is. It would also go to zero but would automatically recover with the company.
We are 14 years after 9-11 and our pay rates are not even close to being recovered even though we are wildly more profitable. If we had a similar PS component back then our pay would have resumed with returning DAL profits. Under this TA we only increase our pay rates by "selling" QOL issues at fire-sale prices.
Again - think long term.
Scoop