Originally Posted by
BobZ
Well....in the first post bankruptcy contract those on property could have had the mentality of throwing those not on property under the bus.
B-scale II.
Why not? Screw the new guys and use them to benefit our situation.
Its been done before. Industrywide.
That didnt happen. In fact on balance nearly the opposite happened.
When you talk to a 25+ year pilot...understand you are crying poor me about pwa participation to a pilot who arrived to the same things you now cite......PLUS welfare level wages, no pass privelidges, NO JUMPSEAT, no 401k, and on and on.
A new hire today arrives as a full participant in the pwa. Probation is no longer 12 months....at a criminally low fixed salary.
I fly with new hires on gs trips. Full 16% 401k. Full PS. Virtually everything the pwa offers to a delta pilot is available from the start.
The current pwa is hands down the best and most equitable in the history of this group. It has not only upside but also downside protections.
The things you are complaining about here clearly bother you.....but on the historical landscape of this groups pwa evolution.....your issues are really peanuts.
Very few people have said, “poor me.” Most have said, “I wish ____ was better.” I’m sure you have things you wish were better. Why belittle another’s wish list? You’ve got things, they’ve got things; give them to the union and let them try to get them.
No one is belittling the hardships you’ve faced. You had whatever deal you were hired under and management has taken claim to whatever they could. That sucks. Period. Now we need to claw them back with more. Not fight against each other.
All ideas are good ideas for someone. Take the aggregate and work for improvements.