Originally Posted by
Nick Bradshaw
We could argue this all day to no avail.
The takeaway is that pilots here, junior and senior, young and old, better wake up and say enough is enough, or history is going to repeat itself. The company has us in check again. It's likely that they see advance bookings dropping, and are putting the pieces in play to drop the hammer on us when the "revenge travel" bubble pops next year. Our next move determines the outcome of this game.
As a new pilot who is grateful that my life at Delta is better than my previous regional, I've worked too hard to let it go waste by just being "happy to be here." The best we can do is stay engaged, volunteer our time where possible and think outside the box with a longer time horizon in mind. Your posts paint a picture (perhaps not your intent?) that all is lost and DALPA is horrible. Our union is what we make of it. This PWA we made some serious gains, so let's work in unison on keeping them.
If management was seriously laughing all the way to the bank following the meeting in Raleigh, it wouldn't have taken a CEO gaff on TV and they wouldn't be working this hard to claw back this perceived win. If pilots get bent out of shape and lose their cool individually, it's easy for the company to come down hard on us. If we work together we're unstoppable.