Originally Posted by
Mitch Rapp05
FF,
These are definitely valid points. I think the me-too clause, depending on how it's written, could make this vote a lot more difficult than it looks.
My NO vote is based on:
1. The company wants something
2. Extending the current UPA just pushes us even further into the unknown as far as a new contract (think 4-6 more years).
3. 13% equals a $500-800/month net for most FO's. I'm willing to wager that amount on getting a more complete Contract from Sec 6 openers in May especially since the company wants long haul flying relief among other things.
Regardless, I think you make some great points and if the actual language shows more than the actual rumors I think a YES vote would be more than reasonable.
#3... $5-800 sounds pretty low for the avg FO. And there's also 16% more into the 401k from that extra 13%.
Too new here to have a "valid enough" opinion on the whole deal, but just saying that the company "wants" something so we should automatically demand more seems like a useless circular argument. Back it up with facts and I'm all ears. The Delta me-too sounds like a nice insurance policy in the mean time. Time value of money and all that.... It seems tough to imagine a few years of negotiations is going to have good odds of working out better.
...back to my seat in the peanut gallery...