Originally Posted by
oldmako
I say we swing for the fence whether it be this month or in Sect 6. We're already getting two raises the next two years. They can buy new planes today, nothing in our agreement prevents that. That's a giant shiny red herring with wings purely designed to sway the voters on the bottom third, hell maybe even bottom quarter of the Sen list. We give them an extension for a few shekels now, they'll drag their feet forever on the next one. I smell a rat.
When have they EVER come to us with hat in hand? Remember "On Top, On Time"?? Remember what they did to us TWICE in bankruptcy. Different players, sure. But the same mindset.
AA and USAir, the last two holdouts on PBS, now get to "enjoy" PBS. These guys never let up. We always do.
The company didn't do anything to us in bankruptcy. We voted for both pay cuts, overwhelmingly. ALPA scared most UAL pilots into voting for them. The only shenanigans were by our own union leadership, aka the distribution of the 550 million note, and losing our pensions.
I don't like the company either, but we need to not forget who was to blame for our 9 years at the bottom of the industry. We are. We voted for the contracts, and our elected leadership scammed us as well.