Originally Posted by Herkflyr

I'm not sure what your point is. It was your line, not mine that said "we will do what it takes to keep a buffer; it is in our nature."

Those one-liners sound good over a beer at the layover (hell, I probably spout them off all the time myself). They just don't go anywhere in negotiations.

No we don't fall for everything mgmt throws our way. Read my earlier post regarding how mgmt just demanded changes in sick leave with a bunch of data but didn't really explain how they got it, why they even continue to want our current style sick program, how our senior mgmt has long obsessed about sick leave use (far earlier than current negotiatings) etc.

Maybe that is why I voted against the TA. However when others discount a decent pay raise (and that is what it was; had we passed the TA your pay rates would have been nearly 15% higher on the amendable date) as "pocket change" and are more concerned about a nickel per diem and ignore tens of thousands of more dollars in your paycheck, then I wonder what is truly important to the internet crowd.

As I no doubt have stated before, it sometimes reminds me of an old Marlon Brando movie when he was leading a motorcycle street gang. "What are you against, Jonny?" some gal asked him. "Whaddaya got?" was his reply.