Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
DAL88, I know what you want. I also think it is too early to know what we are going to ask for.
If it sounded like I am stating our pay should only be raised if we are profitable, it was not my intention. I do beleive that the company needs to be doing well for us to have sustainability to any restoration we get. Does not mean profitable? No, but it is preferable.
I want our compensation level back too, but I am not willing to trade one iota of what we currently have for it.
As for what ALPA is doing, well it is my opinion that they are not managing anything. They have a process and will go though that process like they always have. If the majority of us want restoration and have the resolve for it, I have no doubt that it will be what they put forth. It is just not the time to put that proposal out for the world to see. Heck it is not even being worked on yet.
I also caution you to sign on to a new association based on a promise of restoration. What will your response be if they fall short?
You know, it's kinda like when I was a DC-9 instructor at my previous airline. If I had a student that was struggling, the difference between someone who was giving it their best effort (obviously trying their best to achieve the objective of proficiency) and someone who didn't seem to really care (apparently not giving it their best effort)... well that would make a world of difference in how much extra training that individual would get and to what degree we would work with that individual to get him or her through.
ALPA has not in my opinion been giving restoration their best effort. Heck, they won't even acknowledge it as an objective or talk about it at all! I can tell when someone is trying to achieve something or not because a normal person or organization has identified it as their objective and is constantly talking about it and focused on it. I don't see any of evidence of ALPA working towards restoration. Nada, zilch, zip. On the other hand, if DPA comes in and is obviously working towards this objective... doing everything they can to achieve it...well I can go a lot further with that, just like the struggling student. I don't expect anyone to be perfect or achieve perfect results. But I do expect them to have appropriate objectives and give it their best effort.