Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
The boom bust cycle as just been that. There has got to be a better way. There is nothing in that, that manages expectations downward. It does lack the rhetoric though, and maybe that is what you need.
Because you have such poor knowledge of our industry's history, you refer to boom and bust cycles. In my 32 years and 3 ALPA airlines, I've seen steady increases, and
one bust caused by the historic terrorist attacks of 9/11. That is not a boom bust cycle. Your attempts to paint our decades long history of fighting to keep the profession as lucrative as possible as some sort of senseless "boom bust cycle" shows your disdain for all the folks that came before you. You are such a sad example of the "me first" generation. Everything you enjoy now, you owe to old farts like me who fought those battles over 30 years. Everything I have now, I owe to the even older farts who did the same for me. You are clueless and disrespecful.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
The one thing I see is that you are looking for the boom bust to last one more time, since you might be gone for the next bust cycle.
Yet another display of ignorance.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
It is not about managing expectations downward Carl, it is about finding a way to start a positive trend that gets us to the exact same spot you want at the exact same time.
The way to begin that positive trend is to stop lowering the expectations of your fellow pilots as you do nearly constantly.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
If that method fails I do not see anyone, including myself, that will not be ready to wait it out, walk the line, and get furloughed if needed.
That's good. We may need to do just that. As always, I hope not, but we all need to be prepared.
Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
It is simple tried and true method of operation for all organizations the world over. "Use diplomacy to the maximum extent possible before you use military force."
Diplomacy has almost run its course here dude. We are the world's largest airline and we are not at the top of our industry in one single category...not one. In some cases, we are near the worst in the industry. Reserve guarantee, sick leave, vacation, just to name a few. This is unacceptable for the pilots of a hugely profitable airline. An airline that OWES those profits to the enormous cuts taken during BK. What's worse, our management will not lift a finger to offer a mid contract boost to us before 2012. Their view is: "Hey, a contract is a contract." That wasn't their view when we gave our airline concession in
mid contract.
Time to let management know that if they don't want to talk until December of 2012, we'll be polishing and loading the cannons...just in case.
Carl