Originally Posted by
RockyMtMadDog
I never claimed sick leave changes were not a concession, though for me, having to complete a doctor note once in a while is not a huge burden. So were the OE changes. PS, not so much. Every agreement, including the one you may someday vote for, will have concessions. They occur on both sides of the ledger. Management conceded at least $1.1B net in this last one.
Do you consider DAL providing non union employees a raise to be a concession, or just giving a raise? I don't see raises as concessions. It's the cost of doing business. Like buying airplanes, it's the cost of doing business, don't ask the pilots to provide scope concessions to pay for their own equipment anymore than mechanics should have to make concessions to buy parts for planes.
But more importantly, let me guess why you're in favor of the sick language, OE language and PS changes:
A) You fly sick and think people should man up and fly even if they're not 100%.
B) You're not an FO so you're kind of jealous of the $300K 73N FO in NYC and so forth and don't think it's fair. All that stuff about pulling trips doesn't bother you because you're not an FO.
C) You bought into the at risk pay argument floated by the union months ago because you question nothing that comes from ALPA.
Is that about right?
And you need to read the contract before you vote on it. Just saying. Don't just take DALPA's word for what's in it. Think about the RAH debacle, that was a life lesson in how DALPA and it's lawyers work a contract.