Originally Posted by
flyslow24
It's not a stepping stone. Personally, again, I think some people are making it out to be that way in effort to discourage people from coming and leaving.
They are doing this instead of writing their union reps, educating themselves on the industry, and working on the current contract to make things better. They just are making this seem to be a stepping stone and have a "well I got mine" and "you should leave and get yours attitude" instead of helping make things better through all available channels.
Unfortunately, we have a group of yes voters that will sign the contract based on hourly pay alone which got us into last place on our current CBA among the legacies. You hear it on the line all the time, "you see the pay rates Detla just turned down?" Ummm what?!? They didn't just turn down pay rates.... They turned down work rules and all the rest.
I hope we can disbar the stepping stone propaganda and focus on the fact we dropped the ball in 2012 and we need to negotiate until we have a good contract for everyone on property. And not just a pension for some and not for others. Not just based on pay rates. A contract that makes it equitable for all on the property.
Ok Dude, next time you run into Minicucci, you let him know you've written and strongly worded letter to your union rep and how well you've educated yourself regarding the current state of the Industry. They. Don't. Care. They don't care with ferocity... if that's even possible. If it is, Alaska Management are pioneers in that mentality. This Airline survived post Kasher. Unless you were here to see it, Trust me, you have
NO IDEA how enraged this pilot group was and what we instantly became capable of. This airline's performance became Cataclysmic. It cratered literally overnight and it went on for months. It was front page news in Seattle.
They still didn't care. Nothing has changed.