Originally Posted by
DAL 88 Driver
Money has a direct bearing on QOL. Look, I'm not saying that QOL/work rules are not important. By all means, they are. But try to keep it in perspective. Would you REALLY rather improve our current work rules (which by the way, was one of the biggest selling points for our BK agreement... remember, "but at least we saved the work rules?") and keep our BK/emergency pay where it is? I just cannot believe any significant number of us would want that.
If DALPA saved work rules in BK, then DAL had some seriously crappy work rules in the C2K contract.
That being said, I don't see how $$$ has direct bearing on QOL. If someone is living beyond their means, then perhaps more money would makes things easier. However, it's likely that if one lives outside of their means at a lower salary they will likely live outside their means with a higher salary as well.
For me, QOL is max productivity while I'm at work so I can minimize time away from my family. I dont want C2K rates plus inflation/COLA if there aren't improvements made to the work rules/vacation/Sec 23G etc.