Originally Posted by
fly20201
Bottom line is we had them by the balls BECAUSE people were checkerboarding, among other things such as transition. But yet 70 percent were dumb enough to give in for a guaranteed five years of near industry bottom contract because they thought "most people don't get transitions, and most people can't checkerboard." Talk about short sighted!
"Dumb and short sighted?"
Perhaps your hind sight is not quite 20/20. I get it that your point is about leverage, but if the no voters prevailed, how much longer would you have been willing to keep fighting while on CBA 2010 pay?
The ability to checkerboard reserve days could never have been maintained in any TA. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you are not a one issue no voter though.
Anyway, it's all hypothetical now. CBA 2018, as imperfect as it is,
is the deal, and calling your fellow pilots dumb and short sighted is frankly dumb and short sighted.
The vote is over and we all, yes and no voters alike, need to focus on the future.
Unity is as important as ever.