Originally Posted by
Anthrax
👍 oh, but wait, re the A fund, the company “drew a line in the sand!” and this gem: “not a dime left on the table”. of course our union needed those dimes to settle the lawsuit re misrepresentation of the TA! or this: “take the 3 % slope now because of the time value of money!” not to the mention the math wizards trying to sell what they were calling a 20 percent increase in the B fund, which was in fact a one percent increase, seeing how a percent is quite literally a fraction of 100, and not a fraction of the six percent we were getting, cash under cap. or: “codifying the new work rules is a good thing.” and: “the new 8 in 24 would hardly impact the build!”. and: “getting in position earlier will decrease any stress you may have when deviating.” also: “pass over pay isn’t really fair anyway, and we still get some form of it so why complain?” of course: “selling back long term sick is a great deal,” but downplaying the qualifying terms and the 50 cents on the dollar, not to mention compelling folks not to call in sick when sick (in my opinion). and the retirement bump, which in my opinion bought yes votes from imminent retirees who otherwise wouldn’t have to suffer the new work rules. and what about the recall efforts of those who openly opposed the TA. this is all my opinion of course. what do I know?
You sir are a mind reader! 100% agree with everything.
You did miss lie flat seats, moving 20% known of R days to the secondary system (that is still in development 8 years later), and 6 year (i.e. 8 year) contract.l