Originally Posted by
conquestdz
I remember the Delta ALPA sales job that was going on during 2015. I remember the video that was going around of the rep at a road show screaming himself hoarse about how PRB was the only possible outcome of a rejected contract. There was a lot of time value of money talk going on then as well. The Delta pilots saw through the crap and resoundingly rejected the subpar contract, and subpar union representation while they were at it. The results were more than worth the wait and effort.
I see a lot of the same tone on this thread now as well. If we can overwhelmingly reject the sales job like Delta pilots did, avoid arbitration like the plague, and all pull the same direction we will get similar results.
Exactly....what tipped the scales was the merger with Northwest and an influx of new pilots. Could the initial Tentative Agreement have passed without those two demographic changes? I don’t know for sure but I’m going to say yes.
You guys are in the exact same situation. The key is to convince the new guys that the senior guys are full of garbage, when they spout off about the management tactics. I saw this during the Delta negotiations and honestly it’s not that the senior guys are afraid of management. They just have theirs and want the money now.
All airline management is the same....good things come to those who wait.