Originally Posted by sailingfun

Thats the part I don’t get. Many posters want to make this a big DALPA verses the company issue. The basic truth is the contract provides the company a method to reduce pilot costs. The company is going to get that cost savings. The negotiations are essentially how they get that money. It’s not about if the company will get it. We as pilots have to decide if we require the bottom of the list to provide all the money or we want to spread it out over the entire pilot group. The company is getting the money. Our choice is who it comes from. Being furloughed can be devastating. A 68 hour ALV not so much especially considering it would keep many pilots in a higher paying seat. The contract also provides many ways to circumvent that 68 hour ALV.