Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver

10%!!! Are you kidding me?? Sounds like someone's expectations have already been effectively managed.

Sorry, but it's time to pay the piper. We took draconian cuts to our pay as an emergency measure to supposedly save the company from BK and then liquidation. It wasn't supposed to be a permanent reset of what this profession pays. And we did all that with no contractual provision to recover any or all of that pay when the crisis was over. Bad business on our part to negotiate and accept a contract like that! But equally bad business on the part of the company to not recognize that this deal of the century (for them) would not last forever. They should have been planning for at least partial restoration of our compensation all along. If they haven't done this, well tough toenails! I only feel bad for them just a tiny little bit because our MEC over the past few years has led them to believe they didn't need to prepare for it. But that's not my problem. And that is the way I expect my representation to be handled. If ALPA's not willing to admit this and is therefore not up to the task, then I will not hesitate for a second to vote for DPA to get some folks in place who at least understand the situation correctly. Sorry, but it's just business... and I have a family to provide for.