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.
As a so called optimist, what is the "good" in this contract? I don't want to hear about money either...the money was/is gonna come because both the company and the union know that unless they offer a competitive pay package they'll surely get a NO vote. I want to know what you think is "good" beyond the pay? You've proven to be an advocate for this TA so please provide the rest of us with 5 items you believe warrant this a "good" TA, again beyond the pay? 5 things....