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WhiskeyDelta 07-12-2017 10:17 AM


Originally Posted by NoDeskJob (Post 2393304)
Soooo, bout that MD90 going bye bye.....

Squirrel!

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David Puddy 07-12-2017 10:31 AM


Originally Posted by NoDeskJob (Post 2393304)
Soooo, bout that MD90 going bye bye.....

With the MD88, the sooner the better.............

Hank Kingsley 07-12-2017 01:22 PM


Originally Posted by WhiskeyDelta (Post 2393135)
I am absolutely not saying good riddance to the older pilots. But the reality is that with every passing month dozens of that group retire. Given they could have controlled their fate on this topic last contract cycle, they have no one to blame other than themselves. That's why I always chuckle at those blaming the so-called 82% for TA2s passage. In reality, it should be the estimated 60% representing the deadzoner group.

I'm also tired of the newer guys of being accused of throwing the older guys under the bus. Management has to love the irony of people that weren't here during the decimation of retirements becoming the newest straw men. We weren't responsible for that so I think it's best you keep your anger pointed at management.


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I'm happy to have been a wide body Captain for 20 years. Not sure where you detect anger. Just saying there's enough money to share the love.

Hank Kingsley 07-12-2017 01:27 PM


Originally Posted by WhiskeyDelta (Post 2393275)
I agree that's where we're headed now. A complete package has to benefit the entire group. Active and retiree healthcare will be my biggest items going forward.

My resentment on the subject comes from the ones who are trying to blame the new guys for their lack of a retirement. As if we somehow owed them to vote down this last contract that didn't include retirement restoration. It's so backwards it's infuriating. As I alluded to above, the newer guys have become in the eyes of some scapegoats and convenient straw men.



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New guys have nothing to do with our lost pension, I've never heard that argument. And I don't expect them to pay for a replacement.

WhiskeyDelta 07-12-2017 01:43 PM


Originally Posted by Hank Kingsley (Post 2393423)
New guys have nothing to do with our lost pension, I've never heard that argument. And I don't expect them to pay for a replacement.


I never thought I'd hear what I'm relaying but there exists an extreme faction willing to sell scope and screw the incoming generation if they don't get full restoration. It's sad really.


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Hank Kingsley 07-12-2017 01:54 PM


Originally Posted by WhiskeyDelta (Post 2393430)
I never thought I'd hear what I'm relaying but there exists an extreme faction willing to sell scope and screw the incoming generation if they don't get full restoration. It's sad really.


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Well not me. I don't endorse any horse trading. DBs are an endangered species.

WhiskeyDelta 07-12-2017 02:03 PM


Originally Posted by Hank Kingsley (Post 2393435)
Well not me. I don't endorse any horse trading. DBs are an endangered species.



It wasn't my intent to suggest you were apart of that group and I certainly wouldn't accuse every deadzoner of having those thoughts. It's good to know we've got some levelheaded players despite what you've been through.


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Jodi 07-12-2017 04:11 PM


Originally Posted by Hank Kingsley (Post 2393435)
Well not me. I don't endorse any horse trading. DBs are an endangered species.

Horse trading? And now that Qatar dude is insulting my girlfriends' Mom! Will it never end...........

Scoop 07-12-2017 04:54 PM

I would love a 60% FAE pension but in 2005 DAL put a gun to our head via BK and said we are taking your pension - right or wrong we decided not to fight it.

Back then when every single DAL Pilot was affected the Delta Pilots just rolled over and approved LOA 51 or whatever LOA it was when we went through BK.

So if the DAL Pilots did not fight this fight back then when it was affecting all of us why do we expect a new hire with a sweet 401K to fight the fight that we did not?

What obligation do all post 2005 hire have to vote with us when we as a group did not fight it out then and there?



Scoop :confused:

Denny Crane 07-12-2017 09:54 PM


Originally Posted by WhiskeyDelta (Post 2393439)
It wasn't my intent to suggest you were apart of that group and I certainly wouldn't accuse every deadzoner of having those thoughts. It's good to know we've got some levelheaded players despite what you've been through.


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Sounds like you've been reading too much chitchat.....:D

Some of those guys have some good ideas but they take them to the extreme and think we can get what we want by just demanding it. Unfortunately the RLA is stacked against labor. IMO they need to have more realistic view of what can be achieved in a reasonable amount of time. For Contract 2019, a lot will depend on the priorities we establish in the contract survey. Retirement medical will be at the top of my list.

Denny


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