Delta Mgmt requests mediator.
#231
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Maybe, but then again maybe it's SCOPE - Delta really likes outsourcing. Then again those QOL asks are expensive too. I understand you are willing to fold on retirement. I only have a few years left but I am not willing to fold on anything. I will not benefit from it, however I am disappointed in the attitude that you display to those who came before you. You seem to think we are the enemy, you are wrong.
#233
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Yeah..I'm not gonna buy that one, Trip. An opening pass across the table is just that, an opener. Both sides ask for the moon (one side at "0" and the other at "100"). Negotiators then take those "asks" and begin working towards "50" through potential exchanges and conditions. If the zone of reasonableness is, say 30-70, and after some good faith negotiations, one side can't pull the other into the perceived zone of reasonableness, well now we have a matter to bring before the mediator. To simply present an opening position onto the table and have the other side look and then walk away makes me think the company had no intention of negotiating the "important" stuff. While our initial "ask" may have been out of the zone of reasonableness (no idea either way), are you 100% confident the Company's counter (if they even made one) is within the zone of reasonableness?
#234
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Many of the newer pilots have told me they don't support a contract that favors one segment of the pilot population over another, the contract has to be equitable. But that begs the question; What is the value of supporting scope or QOL items when a pilot is walking out the door in a couple years? The answer is pretty close to zero. Should the senior pilot support these contract goals? I think so. Should the new hire support a fix to retirement for the older generation, I think so. If we support each other and the MEC we win.
#235
Fair enough, and I am not voting for a TA that fixes retirement for everyone but those about to retire.
Many of the newer pilots have told me they don't support a contract that favors one segment of the pilot population over another, the contract has to be equitable. But that begs the question; What is the value of supporting scope or QOL items when a pilot is walking out the door in a couple years? The answer is pretty close to zero. Should the senior pilot support these contract goals? I think so. Should the new hire support a fix to retirement for the older generation, I think so. If we support each other and the MEC we win.
Many of the newer pilots have told me they don't support a contract that favors one segment of the pilot population over another, the contract has to be equitable. But that begs the question; What is the value of supporting scope or QOL items when a pilot is walking out the door in a couple years? The answer is pretty close to zero. Should the senior pilot support these contract goals? I think so. Should the new hire support a fix to retirement for the older generation, I think so. If we support each other and the MEC we win.
#236
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As I have posted several times by asking for mediation now management does not have to put a table position on the key sections of the contract out until well after summer is over. Most of you have not been here when positions the pilot group found objectionable were put out. Management remembers.
#237
Fair enough, and I am not voting for a TA that fixes retirement for everyone but those about to retire.
Many of the newer pilots have told me they don't support a contract that favors one segment of the pilot population over another, the contract has to be equitable. But that begs the question; What is the value of supporting scope or QOL items when a pilot is walking out the door in a couple years? The answer is pretty close to zero. Should the senior pilot support these contract goals? I think so. Should the new hire support a fix to retirement for the older generation, I think so. If we support each other and the MEC we win.
Many of the newer pilots have told me they don't support a contract that favors one segment of the pilot population over another, the contract has to be equitable. But that begs the question; What is the value of supporting scope or QOL items when a pilot is walking out the door in a couple years? The answer is pretty close to zero. Should the senior pilot support these contract goals? I think so. Should the new hire support a fix to retirement for the older generation, I think so. If we support each other and the MEC we win.
What if we balanced the plus up by applying pay raises, additional training/vacation pay, improved DH seating and new WB positions created by scope language only to pilots under 61? Seems fair, since they won't be around to benefit from pay, QOL and scope.
#238
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Yeah..I'm not gonna buy that one, Trip. An opening pass across the table is just that, an opener. Both sides ask for the moon (one side at "0" and the other at "100"). Negotiators then take those "asks" and begin working towards "50" through potential exchanges and conditions. If the zone of reasonableness is, say 30-70, and after some good faith negotiations, one side can't pull the other into the perceived zone of reasonableness, well now we have a matter to bring before the mediator. To simply present an opening position onto the table and have the other side look and then walk away makes me think the company had no intention of negotiating the "important" stuff. While our initial "ask" may have been out of the zone of reasonableness (no idea either way), are you 100% confident the Company's counter (if they even made one) is within the zone of reasonableness?
#239
Thats not actually how RLA negotiations generally go. The positions of both sides are not usually that far apart. In the two prior instances I am aware of where the union side opened for the moon they settled for less than they could have had with a reasonable opener. In the case of American it was 5 years later and with the Delta 777 3B6 talks half the aircraft were sold before a settlement was reached.
Denny
#240
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Thats not actually how RLA negotiations generally go. The positions of both sides are not usually that far apart. In the two prior instances I am aware of where the union side opened for the moon they settled for less than they could have had with a reasonable opener. In the case of American it was 5 years later and with the Delta 777 3B6 talks half the aircraft were sold before a settlement was reached.
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