Originally Posted by
GearUpHeadDown
My crystal ball of management, CP, ACP and a LCA (who happens to be a very good friend). Don't play games with your career over 2%. It's not worth it. We need to stop this pilot mentality of complaining about anything and everything. I never saw anything like this in my past career.
First, you don't need an MBA to see industry and labor trends, and their impact on market forces. You just need to open your eyes.
Second, people aren't complaining about "everything" and "anything". We're trying to maximize our leverage to gain the most we can out of this agreement before getting locked in for the next 5 years. It's negotiating, not a hand out. Stop being so eager to jump on the FIRST offer.
Third, I'd guess the reason you've never seen anything like this in your previous career is that you weren't under collective bargaining in your prior career. This industry isn't like others, even though we don't have a union we negotiate as a group. This is how it works, contention is part of it.
Finally, STOP capitulating pay for growth and new airplanes. Stop conflating the two issues of pay and growth!!! They are independent issues. It's that mentality and thinking which perpetuates the **** pay we have in this industry. You are part of the problem!!!