Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
The same could be said for the boom bust of C 96, C2K and then LOA's 46 and 51. (and of course an independent union at Delta.)
I would like to find a way to get restoration while breaking the trend of these restoration contracts followed by givebacks. That cycle sucks and I am ok with trying something else to see if it works. We always can fall back to our old ways. That part is easy.
Well if our reps are as solid as many hope they are, and if our group is motivated and involved, and if the current group of managers (maybe even...leaders?) is a tenth as long term committed to Delta as they claim to be, we should be able to get a quick TA that provides an immediate increase in pay (probably not C2K + COLA and a fully funded A-plan, obviously) but a solid DOS step forward...AND hold the line on scope...AND make substantial progress in reclaiming scope...AND several years of COLA PLUS several precent each year...etc, then we can make progress towards restoration while breaking the Dubinsky lynchmob/MBA mercenary hack broken record that has plagued most of our industry for a very long time.
Lot of "ifs" in that equation though, but that is what it's going to take to break the mold. We shall see.