Originally Posted by
notEnuf
Thank you for your service. I do mean that. The YES stratagem is the only strategy that could have worked in and coming out of bankruptcy. The problem lies in the failure to recognize we are no longer in or even close to bankruptcy.
The record profits are a complete opposite situation. The rest of the company has been made more than whole, we have not. Its really that simple. UAL has set the standard of no concessions in these times while achieving higher rates. To settle for less is to undercut their achievement. Pattern bargaining for gains in this environment is the only sensible route.
I completely agree and DALPA's no vote was a key to the positive pattern continuing upward. The United pilots owe their deal to the Delta pilots' no vote. The Delta TA was very poorly negotiated and the sales job was even worse.