Originally Posted by
Maddog64
Yes the company has more money. Delta and United had more money too, but there pilots didn't get it. What do you think is going to happen when you go in and demand an additional 2 billion dollars, knowing that we already got Delta + 30%? What are you going to do when the company says no? Hold your breath and stomp your feet. Everyone knows that the Govt will never, NEVER let us strike. What do you think the NMB is going to say when we tell them we want another couple billion?
I think that they would tell us we are barganing in bad faith and need to take 6 months off and think about what we want.
By the way I do not have a military retirement. Got kicked out for not making 04. I have been planning on a pension of $130k since I got hired. It would be nice to increase it but not at the expense of 75% of our crew force. If we ever want to get a TA that will pass we need to be way more equitable to the junior guys.
Can you please let us in on your insider source saying we would NEVER be allowed to strike? I’d be curious to hear it from a reputable source. Or are you just spewing what you’ve heard over and over by other management pleasing pilots?
Also, why do we only compare total value of TA divided by amount of pilots to get what we deserve? Why not look at percentage of company profit divided by pilot? If Delta is using say 30% of their profits (just an example as I’m not spending too much effort arguing in circles) for their pilots, why can’t we do the same thing? Take that to the negotiator. We have historically made a lot more. If they get to divvy up 5billion, we should get at least that. Like I said the numbers are way off but the principle is sound. %of company profit/pilot instead of some arbitrary pie number.