Originally Posted by
Bluto
DAL 88,
I hardly think it's reasonable to suggest C2K provided 'traditional' buying power. I think we all expect substantial gains in 2012, but to expect restoration to C2K levels just doesn't seem reasonable. We live and work in a drastically different world than existed 10 years ago. We can only negotiate succesfully if we have the will to do our part, but it takes more than just a strong-willed, unified pilot group. This has already been stated by numerous people here, in numerous ways, but while I don't care to change your mind on the issue, I do think the concensus is that we need to look forward and not waste energy trying to ressurect a very brief, but admittedly glorious, part of our history.
Bluto,
Maybe I'm not being clear enough. When you look at what this profession has typically afforded... I'm talking 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, and well into the 1980's... all C2K did was basically bring us back to those levels of buying power, did it not? So, no, I don't think C2K was some kind of "glorious" aberration. I think it was an appropriate level of compensation based on several decades of precedent.
So, again, it seems to me that the consensus here is that our profession is no longer and will no longer be worth what it typically has been worth. What am I missing?