[quote=PinnacleFO;577397]The whole system is flawed, why should pilots have to inconveniece passengers to get a pay raise?

Because it is the only way to get the attention of mgmt.

If the plane is broke or if you are tired, you don't fly it period. But you don't make stuff up and taxi slow and make people miss their connections just to try to get a contract.

Yes, you do. It sucks for the pax and it is not fun but it is how you
get a contract.

That should be the union negotiators job to get a contract, thats why they credit 100 plus hours a month and its obvious after 5 years that they can't get the job done.

It is their job and I am sure they are trying. So it is up to the line
pilots to help them by being a thorn in the pax/DAL side. When you lay
waste to D-0, A-14, and CF, then you will begin to see things change.
DAL will threaten to take your flying. They might even cut some of your
flying for a while. It might suck for some of you for a while. But it beats
working under a crappy contract indefinitely.