Originally Posted by
Mytime2025
Reality check time,
Over the last 3 plus years anytime I brought up contract negotiations I got
1) Mostly just a blank stare ( not even realizing we were in negotiations)
2) We can't and won't see a contract for years
3) The company is losing money ( covid) so how can we get a contract.
4) I'm happy with the contract we have.
So my point is this. The total and complete apathy of the United pilot group has never in my time at the company been so off the charts. We really have nobody to blame but ourselves for this TA. I was literally mocked for even bringing up the topic. On the 15th we will see what we deserve in real time. Will all that fear and loathing during covid set the stage for the next 20yrs or did this POS TA finally snap pilots out of their coma and remind them they are union members ? We shall soon see..
If someone wearing a political slogan on their clothes approached you in the street and asked to "talk" politics would you engage? I wouldn't. Fringe opinions and ideas that aren't going anywhere might be in the news but I am not going to waste my time. If all your coworkers are failing to engage you with your "pension above all" it might be your message that is turning them off.
Most people wanted a new contract and had multiple simple wants with some more complex ones thrown in. I would argue that most expected improved qol on reserve, sick bank or pto increases, ltd increases with retirement, and vacation pay per day increases were the starting point... the floor of where negotiations started. The few hours of add pay, less qol, and a bag that will last a year is what we got. Just because people won't light your fuse and watch you rock in your seat for a half hour doesn't mean they don't care.