[QUOTE=ERflyer;1921112]I do not see a quick resolution as I thought before and surprisingly (or maybe not due to certain agendas) many on here DO NOT want a quick resolution. Some want to clean house and/or want to vote in DPA as I forgo some serious coin - for a year. Maybe two. In part at least, much of the shrill hyperbole on here has convinced me that voting yes is a better choice. Good job.

Do I think we were still manipulated and played? Somewhat, but we did extract value. Do I wish sick leave had remain unchanged? Yes, but it's not really that much different. Did this TA fall short of my survey? Yes, however, the TA before us is what it is. It is real money and at this time will pay 20% more than our largest competitor. This TA still has significant net pay far above our peers. Reality is a *****. Pay was #1 on the survey. Here it is.

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I'm in no way a DPA supporter, but am also in no hurry for a quick resolution. Why? Because, in my opinion, we have a pretty good contract. C2012 got us a lot of things we wanted, with the glaring exception of appropriate pay rates. The short duration of C2012, we were told, would position us for a big pay bump in 2015, when Delta was expected to be very profitable.

If pay was #1 on the survey, it's because we fixed a number of things with our last contract. Now we're expected to roll back the improvements from previous contracts--improvements that we paid for, by the way-- just for a small pay raise?!?

As a side note, I'm absolutely dumbfounded that you feel that you've been manipulated and played by management-- and you're seemingly okay with it!