Originally Posted by
pinseeker
No, the surveys showed that the pilot group wanted focused negotiations and did not want to open many sections. One year ago, the surveys showed the same thing.
Oh look, it is one of those pilots who was saying how great it is here and how much money they made. Now, when they are facing the prospect of longer upgrades and possible displacement, they want to "fix" the contract that was so good before for the "good" of everyone else when in fact, they are only looking out for themselves.
Ha! Totally clueless. But thanks for the characterizations.
I made more last year than any of my previous years, sure. But I also got involuntarily extended more than I would have liked. RE: work rules.
Codifying scope language does in fact look out for the betterment of this entire pilot group. If you can’t see that, then you’re delusional. Or you’re on your way out, and dgaf.
This contract is riddled with holes. Why not improve them? People are faced with stagnation, loss of flying, closures of their base, retirement of their fleet. QOL and work rules are paramount.
A “fix” (whatever that means) to retirement means nothing. It’s a band-aide. A former block rep once told me “if we fix it, we’ll never have to negotiate retirement again.” What kind of garbage nonsense is that? Of course you will. You can sit there and pout all you want, but the fact is there are a lot of new people here with many many years to go. They value negotiation capital spent on work rules over anything else.