Originally Posted by Herkflyr

Are you kidding me? You might as well mail in the NO vote right now.

Let's get real. We SHOULD and WILL get significant raises.

120%? Get real. What "should" we do going forward, both from a labor negotiating stance, and a management profit-making stance?

It is always easy to lob hand grenades from the sidelines and avoid the tough decisions. It's not so easy to actually suggest something concrete, along with specifics to justify and make credible your suggestions.

I remember when we first got the 777 at DAL. The highest paid airline pilots anywhere were NWA 747-400 captains at $220/hr. We opened at $346/hr. Eventually we "settled" at $265/hr, plus pay raises for the rest of the pilot group...and there were Monday-morning QBs suggesting we had "sold out."

Any wonder why no one takes these message boards seriously?