Giving our non-contract people their raise on Dec 1st is already an act of war.

Management is basically poking a stick in our eye.

They better not send out any more memos telling us how great we are and how much they appreciate our operational excellence.

I think a lot of guys are going to be dropping their backpacks on Jan 1st.

PS- I'll be interested to see whether ALPA decides to challenge this as a violation of RLA status quo.
December raises are clearly a break from many years of "past practice". Its just as clear that they're only doing it to circumvent our contract.
We might have a strong case.