Originally Posted by
John Pennekamp
Look! Another mainline pilot making threats! Way to pressure a pilot group into taking a contract that will put downward pressure on all of us... especially YOU! Duh! The DCI contracts hold yours up. The larger the gap between DCI cost and mainline cost, the more incentive DAL has to shift "your" flying to DCI! Duh! You should be ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING for them to get real and reject any "industry average" TA.
Go ahead and fly that struck PCL route with your MD-88 since it's "your" flying. And you quickly will find your name in a little black book.
YES is would be struck work.
Hey John,
Learn to read. I am not making any vielded threats just my observations. I think that both sides of the situation need to be looked at to make an accurate observation and decision. It is easy for those of us that do not have to live under the contract to say vote no including you.
Are there no downsides to voting no?
Reject the TA and the work may continue with both sides trying to get a deal done or the company can go back and offer true concessionary terms. Perfectly legal and by no means bargaining in bad faith at that point. If I were the company I would open all the sections of the contract that I am not happy with. Scheduling, pay rates etc..and offer exactly what they have now. I mean the pilots continue to have stellar performance for the company and the comapny gets to keep them at current book for another 2 years probably before the company will face a cooling off period. All specualtion of course but still a possiblity just like the company coming back to the table and offering more money if the TA is rejected by the pilot group. It's all fun and games until you have to act on all the pontification that happens on this board and literally put your money where your mouth is.
As to the rest of your comments about my flying I remember now why I had you on my ignore list. Time to put you back on it.
Speaking of threats, You making sure my name is in that little black book is laughable. Thanks for the good laugh. I can't wait. If you want PM me and I'll be sure to give you my name and you can start putting it down now. Have a nice day.
To those of you that have to vote on the TA. Good luck and don't worry about John. He'll go back to his hermit hole in a week or so.