Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
I'm tired of statements like this. Screw APA. We need to fight our own battles. I've heard statements from our fellow pilots saying that if the United/Continental contract is not significantly better than our current contract, then we will have very minimal contractual gains. Whatever happened to taking care of ourselves?
That's another serious problem with DALPA. They're pinning all our hopes to "pattern bargaining." That's great for a normal situation. But we're digging out of a MASSIVE hole! It would take a 70% increase to our current contract's end rates to restore the buying power of our C2K rates. Even if we wanted to be "reasonable" and settle for a 50% increase, you're not going to get anything like that with "pattern bargaining." It's time to take a stand and make it clear to all concerned that we will not rest until this profession and our careers are put back on track. DALPA has had almost half a decade to do this. It is abundantly clear to me they have no intention of doing so.