Originally Posted by
SharpestTool
Ok. That wasn't so bad. So if I'm reading this right we will likely have to win this going through the NMB. Timeline probably undefined. That's the risk really I suppose. Do we get enough in a timeline that doesn't eat up any gains we achieve. I think we can all agree that beyond 18 months the numbers get real ugly. We will have to hope that the NMB agrees that our position is sound and management's position is unreasonable.
Short of that, we need to see capitulation from the company. We haven't seen capitulation from the others currently engaged with NMB. SWA really hurting right now from a TVM perspective.
Do SWA, UPS, and FedEx move if we shoot this down? Why would they? Could we join them waiting for someone to push the bar upward. On the other hand, if we ratify will their managements commit to the new standard? More importantly would the NMB now see our industry leading contract as the new reasonable position? If so, we could see those carriers break the NMB hold and advance. This would bode well of course for us 2.5 years down the road when we are back at it again.
Thoughts?
Tool,
Who cares?
Who cares, who cares, who cares?!
WE ARE BETTER OFF WITH OUR CURRENT CONTRACT! I don't care about time value of money, if the job I worked so hard to attain goes by the wayside as this TA allows Delta to be dismantled from the inside out. Without mentioning pay rates, tell us how the rest of this ridiculous TA happened. Why in a million years would we give our MEC CHAIRMAN the right to allow China Eastern to slap the Delta paint scheme all over their wide bodies? Why would we sign up for sick leave harassment program that most Fortune 500 managements would be embarrassed to even propose? These questions take all the air out of the worn out DALPA TVM argument from 2012. You guys need to think of something new. The sad thing is that there is nothing else good in this TA to crow about, and that's why I think the Delta pilots will finally see through the DALPA smokescreen and vote no this time.
I would LOVE to get parked by the NMB. Know why? Because we could continue under our current contract (yeah, even C2012 is good compared to TA2015). I will keep collecting my profit sharing checks, earning good pay, and avoid all the traps that Management and DALPA are laying in front of us. Plus, it might allow us time to vote in new representation...if the RLA allows that?