Originally Posted by
Squawk 1277
This thread is stupid and pointless. Big picture: pretty soon "us" and "them" will just be "us", and publicly griping about hypotheticals is antithetical to that goal. VA was expensive not just for the slots, but also for the front line employees who built an awesome, award winning brand. We are lucky to have them part of the team and to drive wedges between us and them at this point with emotional posts sends the wrong message. Let the negotiators or arbitrators do their work, forward your concerns to your MEC, and limit your negativity to private boards if you must vent. To our VA brothers and sisters: Cheers, glad to have you part of the family!
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Very well said!! I hope we can avoid all the negativity and be focused and productive and move forward as one unified group. It is important that we don't get too side tracked in the SLI stuff and lose sight of what is really important at this point: The JCBA. This is where our focus needs to be right now moving forward and something we have a little more control of. We can waste years whining and fighting about the SLI until were in the next recession perhaps. Then we can look forward to a career of animosity and bitterness toward each other after that. I've lived it at other airlines and it ain't fun and I'd hate to see it happen here at Alaska. There is real benefit to working together on a new contract soon that will benefit us all. Welcome to the Virgin pilots!