Originally Posted by
AlphaBeta
I am for enhanced retirement benefits for the people who need it. Most of these guys voted to pay you when times were bad, don’t be so short sighted. No matter what the excuse is they were dealt a rough hand and if we can fix it we should try. If it does not work at least we tried. No matter what, the next contract is not going to be a home run, I will be shocked if we end up getting much better than inflation when you count the missed pay raises in 20, 21, and prob 22.
Originally Posted by
CBreezy
From the feedback I've heard from the DZ, they absolutely voted no because "furloughs are part of your business."
LOA 20-04 made several improvements to the contract. (if you were of the persuasion we worked too much in the summer of 19, I did not see a downside) I don’t want to bring up pros vs cons but I remember reading on the FB page one of the reasons a certain DZ would be voting no was UNA pilots would remain active and still be able to vote (read; they are not getting furloughed) B&R B and Gang probably did more damage to sympathy for DZs than anything else. With that said I’m still not opposed to a modest increase to DC for pilots over a certain longevity, and I try not to let the vocal members taint my view of everyone, but I certainly don’t have as much sympathy as I did before.