Originally Posted by
Pinchanickled
Actually picketing done right is effective. If lots of people show up it will scare passengers that some will buy tickets on other airlines. Tickets these days are fairly close in price. So if people at home see delta connection pilots holding signs that indicate a possible strike, that sends alot of customers to brand X. Right now people are buying tickets for the holidays. This is a great time to picket.
The airlines make a sizable profit during the holidays. This is the last thing they need. This will put alot of embarrassment on Phil Trenary to get the deal done.
I hope there are 300-500 pinnacle, colgan and mesaba pilots that show up.
Total BS. Stop drinking the Kool Aid ALPA National is serving. They don't care about you, they care about protecting mainline (Delta). Management laughs at picketing, and the passengers either don't care or think you're a bunch of greedy fools. They won't stop buying
DELTA tickets, they'll just avoid Pinnacle flights. All they care about is that the flight is on time and the tickets are cheap. They'd be fine if you got a pay cut, because more cheap tickets!
Originally Posted by
GlobeTreker
Picketing is a joke. The general public doesn't give 2 schittz what we are paid. As previously stated, write up everything. Hell, leave the APU on all the time, taxi with both engines and get those flaps out really early. Do it all in the name of safety. Hit management where it hurts, in the wallet. Make it cost more to jack with you than to just give you what you want. If you guys won't do this then I have zero sympathy for you.
THIS is how you win a contract. At ASA, 5 years of picketing did nothing. Two weeks of civil disobedience got a TA. Quit being weak and get on it. Otherwise, you get no sympathy from us.