Originally Posted by
Trip7
Because negotiations is not about what you think you deserve, it's what you can negotiate. If a professional negotiator says we've extracted maximum value, and I see all my colleagues around me(FDX/SWA/UPS) getting stomped on, I believe him!
You are right. It is about what you can negotiate. Do you think we will be in a better position in three years to get 20% above Americans rates? Because thats what you said you thought we could get. I'm just saying I think that time is now rather than 3 years from now.
Telling a professional negotiator you believe we can get 15-20% ahead is like a pax coming to your airplane after a wind shear related diversion and stating the weather isn't so bad you could have made it!
I'm sorry I couldn't be more specific about 3 years down the road. I truly apologize.
I have absolutely no problem with the way guys/gals vote as long as they have considered the ramifications of the whole package. For me the JV Scope is a huge gaping hole. That along with the more draconian sick leave and the LCA trip pull is enough to drive my no vote. There's a lot more little stuff that I don't like too. These along with a raise that I think is in adequate and funded by PS to boot.
Obviously YMMV!
. No Guts, No Glory!
Denny