Originally Posted by alfaromeo

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Now I love how you slip into the victim mentality. Oh, we sold you out for scope. Well how about my pension? What was that sold for? Overall, I have taken paycuts equal to an entire RJ crew. What was that sold for? You continue to try to point to the logic of the situation that you were screwed so others could get more. If you feel put upon by the last few years take a number. The reality of the situation was that the MEC faced a tough choice. Accept the unacceptable changes to scope or have our contract completely rejected.

If our contract was rejected, it would have been highly likely that the situation at Delta would have deteriorated as the uncertainty surrounding the airline grew. Could the pilots strike? Who would lend exit financing? Who would sign lease deals with Delta? In that chaos that followed it is highly likely that an offer like US Air would have been taken. Our scope clause that protected block hours would have been rejected along with the entire contract. In that case the entire MD-88 fleet is gone. 1500 jobs gone. The company ripped apart by Doug Parker. Not to mention all of the flight attendants, gate agents, etc, people we have known and worked with for 20 years or more.

So the MEC accepted the unacceptable in view of the broader picture. The rest of our scope language was maintained. The company righted itself and started to grow. They hired 700 new pilots, including you. There were many widebody upgrades as we increased 777, 767-400, and ER flying. The union made a deliberate effort to change the labor dynamic to create a better place to work and also improve our attractiveness to investors. The union then made a deliberate effort to facilitate consolidation to create a stronger industry competitor. All of these efforts have paid off for those junior pilots that you claim are victims of the evil seniors. You got pretty close to the same amount of stock from this transaction as I did. I had 20+ years with the company and you had 1. Wow, you got screwed.