It all depends on how many guys want a quick buck and dont care about anything else. The guys retiring right now are in the minority. The age 55 guys will most likely have to work until age 65. That signing bonus is going to be spent pretty quickly and then the guys will be standing around bitching about getting displaced, not upgrading, enduring 18 hour deadheads and 16 hour+ heavy crew duty days, and then complaining that the money they are getting is not worth being abused so badly. Anytime we have a scheduling gripe we will be told "looks like they got us on that one." I can see it already because I have seen it before.....contract 98.
Originally Posted by UPSFO4LIFE
First of all, I am not defending Jerry but Jerry is not alone in his thinking. I will say that the outcome of the vote will most likely hinge on how the 55 and up folks vote. From what I have seen and heard so far, they will probably lean toward a yes vote. For the most part, they don't care about crossings or anything in the scheduling section. They will weigh their decision on the retirement section. The retreds didn't stick around to see what kind of good scheduling rules they could get. They want their money and most of them want out.