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That was a very comprehensive and well thought out post detailing why management can't afford to pay the pilots anything near our old C2K rates and why we shouldn't expect too much improvement in the future.
I'm curious how you feel about our current pay and benefits.
If you were King, and could set our payrates right now, what would they be?
Would you give us all a pay cut due to lack of corporate profits?
Do you feel our current rates and benefits are just right?
Would you give us a raise? If so, how much?
But I'm not King, nor would I be elected Court Jester with that post.
Frankly, I think our representation and leadership has done a better job than anyone else in the industry given the challenges we have faced. They have done an excellent job and overall, I'm very pleased with their work.
Sure, I would like to see contractual improvements and pay more like our predecessors earned. I think we will see gains in 2012, but we can't just state "we demand restoration of C2K" and leave it at that. The Company is structurally a different operation than it was at the beginning of the last decade.
To actually get restoration we are going to have to change our thinking about unity and the definition of what is "Delta" flying and what is a "Delta Pilot." That is more than taking a copy of C2K and sliding it across the table, which is what some posters seemed to suggest.