Originally Posted by TCMC17RES

I was a no vote.over the loss of profit sharing. That was and has been my only issue. I agree, why not the pay raise with profit sharing. The bigger issue with voting no now is that the no voters are all over the map.

JV scope:I don't agree that pilots need to get involved in airline business decisions. The company has proven that they will make their decisions regardless of our negotiated JV anyway, and pay us the 1.5% of salary penalty in the grievance. $30 million spread over 12,500 pilots is a waste of negotiating capital.

Sick: there are no changes that prevent me from calling in "mentally sick" less than 14 days. Over 14 days I'll be fully medically sick, and clearly verifiable. Providing the charts for the illness to the Delta doctor does not scare me. I had to do this already once before for disability. If Delta is going to pay me to get well, they can have whatever verification they need. The added disability account offsets any inconvenience for me, I simply go to work when I am healthy, and I don't when I am not.

FO OE trip buy: this is a benefit for the few, not the rest of us. I'd rather have our company doing better overall than paying guys to not go to work. My top priority is to hand other airlines their assess, and we can't do that without going to work.

My issue is with the loss of profit share. If we had a group largely focused on that single item, I world join the galvanizing force. Unfortunately we don't. We have a group that is simply angry with everything. I can't join that. If the company wants to decrease profit sharing so they can reduce it company wide, then add 6% to my defined benefit plan, but don't take it from my pay raise! Unfortunately, I'm on an island.