Originally Posted by
WhiskeyDelta
I'd add to your post that the so-called deadzoners as a single voting bloc could have rejected any TA last time that didn't include a DB. That they didn't tells anyone they weren't serious about it. Each month dozens of them retire into the sunset so it's about time to finally put this issue to rest.
As a deadzoner, I would disagree with your premise. I would have liked to see retirement addressed in some form this last contract. But the focused plus strategy of Dalpa did not allow for retirement to be addressed. Even though retirement wasn't addressed, I voted for TA2 for a number of reasons not the least of which was I felt a rejection of TA 2 would not lead to a significantly better deal in a reasonable amount of time.
I would hope that everyone would/could get behind addressing retirement medical as a minimum for contract 2019.
Denny