Originally Posted by
Xray678
This!
That's what Harwood, Culp, Donatelli, etc never understood. The contract is more than pay rates, yet that's all they ever talk about when ****ing and moaning about the TA going down.
The sick leave, scope, and OE trip pull changes were huge over steps. The fact that the previous MEC would pass it on for a vote shows how deeply out of touch they had become.
That is the most important issue to remember! They were so focused on rates, because that is the ONLY issue that was relevant to them. Pay rates matter to FPL guys. Not sick leave, not QOL, only pay rates. Get sick, they pick up a trip and drop it for alpa business, go home send an official email and bang, they get paid while being "sick".... Drunkatelli and the rest of that fallen regime needed an 8% pay raise because that was all that mattered to them. The rest of us laborers need our retirement, need our 40% give back and wait for the 65 year olds to retire so we can finally move up the list. It was an overdue change. If Alpa screws this up, they will be gone!!