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DAL 88 Driver
As you have pointed out, we have many, many new LEC reps in place. And yet very little has actually changed. We're still almost half a decade into compensation that was designed for bankruptcy and as an emergency measure to save the company from liquidation. And this new slate of reps still refuses to even ASK the company for a mid contract partial pay restoration. They take up the same, tired old mantra of "what are you willing to give up to get that?" Sounds to me like SSDD. Maybe the structure per se is okay. But the culture appears to be too ingrained to be able to penetrate. I see very little change from the same path Lee Moak put us on. And I think that spells disaster for any chance of real unity. You can't unite this pilot group around the idea that the rest of our careers are going to be mediocre and we should just accept that.
I've seen a ton of changes lately. Look at the changes in pay distribution, theater qualification, seats assigned for DH, scheduling optimization team, trip construction & variety, and various forms of communication such as Touch & Go's. Fact is DALPA is listening. The P2P program is being revived, & changes are being made. If we go after small things such as what I have listed above NOW, that is less to negotiate for in Sec 6. That means we can focus on pay, retirement, & scope.