Originally Posted by
Bigflya
Union guy at JFK last week said the NWA was hard on DOH and DAL on relative seniority. Since the deadline is tomorrow, this is going to arbitration. Well see if we can get along come Nov 20th when the decision is due from the panel. I personally do not want to pay (ie furlough) for NWA having the oldest fleet of the majors. Old DC-9's with a few years left of flying and 74-200's that are getting shut down and parked. I hear your arguement for the 787's but so far that is a "concept" airplane until one is delivered and on the ramp. That being said, welcome to Mother D, the waters fine over here and we need to get along sometime.
I agree with your sentiment on getting along and now that we are on the same side I think we should all agree:
1. That if they park DC-9's we should insist on a replacements being flown mainline.
2. If they park the -200's, they had better replace them with mainline flying.
3. Furloughs? Out of the question.
4. When the time comes for "us" to really get ours -as in UPS and Fed Ex pay + 5% -10% - then there had better not be any dilly-dallying around by management.
5. With 12,000 + pilots all working together, the above 4 points are well within reason.
I think we can all agree on the above 5 points.
I look forward to working with you guys/gals.
Sincerely,
New K Now (I guess I need a new name)
