Originally Posted by
CLMP
Stock has hit an all time high. The drop due to the strike threat in April has been completely erased. MG is sitting on $800 million while they sit across the negotiating table and pound their fists over pennies. The operation is in shambles without even the slightest interest in management to make it better, and it appears Wall St couldn't care less. Only 2 things will precipitate a change now. One, the NMB pulls its head out its rear end and releases the pilots or two, a catastrophe. I sure hope the it's the first one.
I'm right there with you. A strike is probably what it will have to come to. Management has every intention of dragging negotiations out until the bitter end. It's all a game and they benefit at our expense. It's an industry wide problem. How long have Republic and Expressjet been on the same 5 year contract now? Delta made 1 billion dollars last quarter alone and claims they cancelled their order for 60 planes because the mean old pilots won't except concessions.
The system is built to favor management most of the time. Our only reliable weapon is to deny our services to management. If it were up to me, we would all have one union seniority number. Your seniority number would dictate your pay in regards to longevity. No more starting at first year pay when you change jobs. You would still be at the bottom of a company seniority list for bidding and upgrade purposes, but you would be paid in relation to your national longevity rate.