Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
Are you joking? You say I am going to defend the status quo and I merely ask you to change the status quo. Now you somehow turn it around to you were right. Where did I infer that you have to give up to gain? In your mind? What a crock.
Go down to Atlanta and ask Richard Anderson for a pay raise. Fill in the amount yourself. Let me know how it works out for you. I truly don't believe you have the guts to do it. I believe you are just an internet hero that talks big behind a keyboard. So please prove me wrong, go get me a pay raise and let me know when I can pick up my check.
Or are you going to QED that you are nothing but hot air behind a keyboard?
I must be missing something here, I have on occasion asked much harder questions to Flag officers and OSD personnel, some who can be very intimidating, in question and answer sessions. I don't know about flying down to ATL just to talk to Richard, but whats the big deal about respectfully asking the following in an Q & A session with Richard:
"We understand the financial pressures that were present during BK, but now that DAL is making record profits, in no small part due to the great contribution of Delta Pilots, how about a mid-contract pay-raise?"
I don't see why you consider this such a bold move - I am pretty sure Richard wouldn't even bat an eye, and that he already has a canned answer for such questions such as:
"We greatly appreciate the tremendous efforts of all of the Delta team, and thus were especially proud to offer the recent record profit sharing payouts."
I don't foresee this tactic as getting us anything, but I also have no idea what the whole "guts" thing is about.
Scoop