Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
And some of weigh the good against the bad and every other time have come down on the side of good, if ever so slightly. This time, IMO (and it seems like a lot of others like me) the bad far outweighs the good. As a matter of fact, the thing I see that classifies as good is the pay and that isn't even that good!
Denny
If you read the list of how the individual MEC members voted for this, there were at least 4 guys who said, "I don't like it but I'll let the pilots decide". If just 2 of those 4 had voted no instead of yes, this thing would have failed, 10-9 against.
That right there tells me all I need to know. They didn't like it, and they want YOU to turn it down.
I am not afraid of the NMB and I am not going to sell out all these concessions for a piddly 8% raise. I voted yes to 2012, only because my Capt. Rep told me we would NEVER see those two 3% raises, but we did, and now we get to see two more 3% raises, with very little improvement to our retirement funding! The MEC set a low bar in 2012, and now a 3% raise will be the new normal.
Not going to fall for that again.