Originally Posted by
Pineapple Guy
Let's hope so, your rationale doesn't make much sense to me.
And I'm not a C20 guy, so no idea where the resolution would be found. But as for the issue, let me try again. ALL of the NWA guys had a DC plan - some were targeted, some were not. ALL of the DAL guys had a DC plan - none were targeted. EVERYONE got a 1% increase in 2010, EVERYONE got another 1% increase in 2011, and EVERYONE gets another 1% increase in 2012. That seems like the ultimate fair deal to me. ALL of the NWA guys were gonna reach parity either during 2012 or at the end of 2012, depending on the DB funding. That seems like the ultimate fair deal to me, at least among the NWA guys. We could argue that DC parity should have been on day 1, but its my understanding your MEC demanded pay parity, and DAL was unwilling to do both. I could be wrong.
So we make less then are pre merger DAL counter parts, & that's fair?
Originally Posted by
Pineapple Guy
Now, a tiny sliver of NWA guys get parity before all of their counterparts.
Explain to me how making the same amount of $$$ is pay parity? You scream unity, but absolutely fail to support it in this instance. You know that we were hostages in this situation. We were on probation, & unable to vote on the PWA. We didnt even have the opportunity to elect thise who represented us. Now we simply ask to be brought to pay equal to rest of our fellow pilots, & you call it pay parity? Some unity.
Originally Posted by
Pineapple Guy
Then this is even sillier. If the gate agent isn't honoring seniority among employees when assigning seats that's wrong, and should be fixed. But if pilots haven't checked in by 30 minutes early, whose fault is that? Get there 10 minutes earlier and check in. THEN if you don't get assigned seats properly, call your rep.
These are the words of a lineholder who is out of touch with the reserve world. Fact of the matter is I've had scheduling build a DH on the last flight of the night that is a connection of less then 30 minutes. DAL DH's reserves more then any airline I know. I saw a friend on reserve DH DTW-ATL-CHS, then fly CHS-ATL, then DH ATL-DTW. That was a day trip. Tight connections on oversold planes. We need a better system.