Originally Posted by
FreeSmiles
I agree. But you have to start somewhere to put pressure on. We are a long way off from release, strike vote, etc. Delta is looking for a, what, 30% increase doing informational picketing. We are trying to get a "path to parity" to what they have now...ish. Southwest is doing informational picketing. We held signs in an abandoned hallway that only the "money men" could see. It is a start, but I think more should be done, and when the public, who already thinks they are flying a po-dunk airline when they see our ticket prices sees that the people most responsible for their lives are doing so at 50% of what their peers make at a "real airline" it doesn't instill a whole lot of confidence. It will put pressure on and make people think twice that another strike may be in the works.
These same "people" you refer to will put pressure on management when they find out we're below (by 50%) our peers? These same "people" that still ask where H8 is when they are standing in front of H6 and still can't believe we charge for luggage and water? They barely can think for themselves within a 10 mile radius of an airport let alone thinking twice about an idea of a strike. That is blind faith and I highly doubt the general public actually cares or even wants to know. They only care about how cheap their ticket is, and if they can slide by the gate agent without paying for their carry-on. Barring a complete necessity for management to concede and get the remaining sections TA'd, the last minute of the last hour of the last day in a 30 day cooling off period will we see any movement on a CBA.