Originally Posted by
scambo1
Alfa, Slow, and the host of others would love to be pointing their fingers in your chest saying: Well, you tell us what you would've done differently that would produce a better result.
Concessionary C12 is a better result.
Yup, but even that was a 'failure' in my opinion, we traded profit sharing for those two 3% raises we were told we'd never see!
I'll tell you exactly what I would have done differently, then and now. I would have cranked up the Family Awareness Network years ago, and educated the pilots on exactly how many Billions of OUR money was being used to;
1. pay down the debt
2. buy back stock
3. enrich Management with bonuses
Then I would have added up how many billions Delta saved by not funding our DB plans any more, and then I would have taken our 2004 pay rates, added inflation for every year, and put that down as our opener, NOW, not in 2018!
In short, I would have done everything we did leading up to C2K, including the tie tacks that said,
"Restore the Profession"
Then I would go straight to Wall Street, and bring in the NMB, and let them know that there will be NO MORE BILLION DOLLAR STOCK BUYBACKS until the Pilot Group is RESTORED, in PAY AND in Benefits.
Now, I doubt Ed would invite me to his next birthday party, in his new Condo on Miami Beach, but I can live with that. I'd rather drink beer with you guys at the Parrot in FLL!
