Originally Posted by scoop

there are plenty of valid reasons not to trust our management team:

I don't trust them because i was told "do it once do it right" and voted for a 32% paycut to avoid bk. The company knew we were going into bk and misled us. As a reward for our magnanimous behavior the company then took us to court for further cuts.

I don't trust them because they made almost zero effort to negotiate in good faith last fall.

I don't trust them because they resorted to public shaming of the pilot group via the media last spring.

I don't trust them because after benefiting from the april re-bid they reneged. While within the letter of their agreement, it was clearly not within the spirit of the agreement.

I don't trust them because they continually violate scope when it is in their best interest.

Is dalpa perfect? Far from it, and union politics definitely plays into all of this. It would be great if we could reach a win-win with the company that would help the furloughs. Do not however fool yourself one bit - the company is unsure of furloughs because no one knows this ends and how quick the recovery would be - but if it would benefit the companies bottom line we would furlough in a heartbeat. I do not begrudge the company for this at all - if we are flying at a 9000 pilot required level it would be foolish to carry addiitonal pilots for any extended time.

Bottom line - if we do not furlough it will be because it benefits the company. I hope we can come to a win-win deal with the company but if we don't the blame primarily rests with our management. This distrust of management is a learned behavior, the company through their actions has lost the trust of the pilots.

Scoop