Originally Posted by satchip

Nice retort there, 80. Factually based and targeted towards economic factors. I don't think, however, that is what he means. Our esteemed DC-9 captain's entire argument is an emotional one. He repeatedly states that our profession is not compensated at the level that he expected when he started, I'm assuming, approximately 20 years ago. Is anything as you expected it? That is an emotional argument.

APA made an emotional argument. They sat for 4+ years with absolutely no progress. Is that what you want for us? DAL, you decry that we are under a bankruptcy contract. Do you want to be under that contract for 4 or 5 more years? Because if you make irrelevant, emotional arguments to the NMB, that is what you will get.

Remember, the Buddha said, "a jug fills drop by drop".