Originally Posted by
intrepidcv11
Sled,
For some reason I've never gotten an answer for this question. So let's say CAL ALPA did not 'delay' for one year or however long, how would a deal anywhere near DAL's June 2012 contract have been reached with the company? Hint hint between Smisek and the NMB putting us on eternal ice the hard truth is it wouldn't have happened.
I don't know that a deal "wouldn't have happened", as there were other forces at work...the NMB, the Washington firm hired to lobby on our behalf (which curiously is on company retainer now according to my LEC), the picketing, and the high unreliability of the operation (that's probably just coincidence
). But I will agree that DAL's contract sure did set the bar. Big time. That's not my argument.
Reading clueless banter about why the 767-300 is pay banded where it is just torqued me off. Especially when anyone who went to an ALPA meeting or even read updates should know why it happened. I'm guessing Baseball does neither.