Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
I can't believe there are pilots worried about other pilots abusing sick leave. Sick leave is not an insurance policy. It's bad enough that we have management scrutinizing us; now we have to worry about our fellow pilots. We're in trouble next contract. I was hoping for huge raises. I figured we'd settle for about 20 percent raises, but now I'm thinking we'll be lucky to maintain status quo.
Here's what I find interesting (not from the Kool-Aid drinkers, but from the regular fDAL guys):
Remember when USAir wanted to buy Delta? Management was sure scared because they would lose their jobs. DALPA was scared for a number of reasons. It was one of those moments where the desires of management and labor coincinded albeit for totally different reasons. Lee Moak was quoted as saying that DALPA was able to convince Wall Street bankers who be financing the deal, that it would be really hard to run an airline with angry pilots. What do you think he meant by that?
Some guys on here think it meant everything except a pilot calling in sick when he/she decided they were sick.
Carl