Originally Posted by sailingfun

NewK's plan will accomplish exactly what APA's plan accomplished. Nothing. You will work under this contract basically forever. What I am looking for in a contract will increase Delta's costs almost 1 billion dollars a year. It would be by a large margin the largest increase ever negotiated in a airline contract. The 2001 contract at Delta raised costs about half a billion a year. If you think you going to get 2 billion out of the company and get it done in a reasonable time then give me a real plan. In fact my concept may turn out to be not workable. The company more then likely will pull the same delay tactics we have seen at AMR. At that point it becomes a war and I will vote to up the demands to full restoration. We will however work under this contract for at least 5 years beyond the amendable date before we can strike. Even then many of you have posted you don't believe we will ever be allowed to strike. I disagree with that. At some point we will be allowed to strike. It will be a long tough battle to get there but there is a process. It will be painfully slow.