Originally Posted by
flywest
Really... just look at the ALPA contract comparison Virgin was at the bottom of every category. Sounds like you need move on to Delta and leave us 20+ year Alaska farts in the dust. I believe ALPA merger policy states no windfalls also. What did Virgin just get? A paycut? No contract? I can go on and on. Good luck.
VX getting a bigger raise or better contract didn't hurt the AK pilots. I get what you are saying, this merger has been REALLY good for VX pilots, so we now need a more beneficial SLI result. UAL tried that with us, since both sides got pay raises, but at CAL we had basically no work rules, and all of a sudden we are on the United work rules. UAL had grossed over $1B in profit the year before the merger and CAL was losing money. Guess how much the arbitrators cared. None. I predict nobody moves that much from their relative position. Sorry I don't have a dog in the fight, I'm just telling you what I experienced.