Originally Posted by Imeneo

Apparently, management is asking for more from the empolyees people with the highest pay scales... the unions may have bargained down from what was earlier deemed necessary by management.[QOUTE]

Again your Ignorance........Delta MGT is asking a bankruptcy judge to void the existing contract of Delta Pilots......They are not just asking for more Pay cuts, they want to completely gut the contract, the importance of which you don't seem to comprehend!


[QOUTE] There is nothing wrong with this, but it seems that pilots are unwilling to take any paycuts in the mainline when they are the only employees making in excess of 80K. Where else is the company supposed to take cuts?... FA's, baggage handlers... those people make less than nothing to start out with... IF Executive bonuses are cancelled, this usually means little and will only be a respectful formality because bonuses in certain cases are usually given in company stock options, rather than cash.[QOUTE]

[COLOR="Red"]MGT is coming backto the PILOTS for more pay cuts "AGAIN" after thaey gave 1 billion already........The Delta Pilots already gave BIG concessions last year...........what is it about that you don't understand?/COLOR]


[QOUTE] I may want this job, but I may not have it if the Delta strike drives Delta out of business... [QOUTE]

You probably won't have the chance if Delta MGT gets their way due to the lack of protections offered by the contracts, i.e more furloughs ahead........


[QOUTE] If I ended up hating flying for the airlines after a year... I'll quit. Just like any other industry if the working conditions aren't satisfactory for an individual they can just post their resume and move on. Most pilots are well educated, but very demoralized... this is quite perplexing... if a person hates a job enough, they should quit for their own benefit... not drive the industry to the ground because of bad feelings.This brings another gripe that I have with the airlines... pensions... unless they can be taken on by new employers or transferred from career to career then they need to be phased out (with the new generation) and converted into personal investment schemes that can follow an individual regardless of employer or career choice. I think ultimately it is adherence to pensions (among other things) that keep pilots unhappy and immobile... two of the things that are poison in the employee pools of big business.[QOUTE]

Again your ignorance..........It is seniority that keeps pilots tied to a particular company!


[QOUTE]I understand and respect your experiences and opinions concerning this issue, however there are repeated concerns of mine that have yet to be addressed.I'm hoping that eventually someone will give me solid, common sense answers that I can understand.