Originally Posted by
Pineapple Guy
DAL88, where are you? Carl states that modest increases, which were in reality modest decreases when adjusted for inflation, are something to be proud of.
Modest increase in
pay rates from 1932 to 2001 are indeed something to be proud of. The fact that our pay has gone down when adjusted for inflation 30 years into the future, is something ALPA cannot control. Nobody can. We can only negotiate pay rates based on today's data, then hope that government fiscal policy doesn't destroy the purchasing power of our underlying currency decades later. Do you really not get that? Really?
Originally Posted by
Pineapple Guy
Eerily similar to LM claiming that we are now back to pre-bankruptcy pay rates, don't you think?
Again...are you serious? Where did I ever say something as stupid as our pay rates are back to pre-bankruptcy levels? I know the "Dear Leader" said it, but I never did. How on Earth is what Moak said even remotely similar to my
factual statement that we had modest and steady increases in
pay rates since 1932 and prior to 9/11? Duuuuude!
Carl