What if this happens again? I mean, most of us are team players, but management made pilots out to be the villains during those days. If that's the case we might just not want to go to work as much as we used to.

Heck, I flew for a Delta subsidiary and even I was getting yelled at by other employees for getting paid too much :(

In reality I was earning about what a Delta FA paid in income tax. It wasn't fun and it is imagined to have been more demotivating/demoralizing for the actual pilots on the property.

We will never have support from the other employees. They are however essential to running the airline and our long term job security. That means that despite what some on the forum will say pilot contract negotiations are impacted by perceived issues from non contract employees. Even after contract 2012 resulted in significant gains for other employees there was considerable angst. A petition was submitted and almost every employee forum harangued managment for favoring the pilots. I loved one statement in a conference call where we were called "the chosen ones".

And if by "the chosen ones", you (them not you Sailing) mean "have a union". Then yes, yes we are.

We also carry the greatest risk of catastrophic loss for the airline outside of the C-level suites. So that requires compensation commensurate with risk assumed.

Ahhhhh the old risk argument.... :rolleyes:

disregard...its not worth arguing with professional board contributors.

I'm following the contract, not the memo. Have been on the phone with the ALPA scheduling genious a lot, had CPO threats and they even dug out my families phone number from my emergency contact section and they called that too. Real classy.

You have go to stand up for yourself and other union members when you know you are right. Tip.....know you are right, and you will be fine. Keep the union in the loop. Nothing is going to change as long as we capitulate to unilateral contract changes.

Outstanding! Thanks for manning up for all of us!

Imagine the additional leverage our negotiators would have if we all stepped up to the plate like Flamer has.

Purple,
I'm not able to afford as many PD's as Delta is willing and able to hand out for acknowledging a trip while on long call inside 10 hours but outside of 3. Without trying, I picked up two in a month. It is enough to make you bid crappy trips and never see home Thursday-Sunday.

SFWB

Excellent to hear. I actually agree with Purple that the union should come out and make 0% interest loans to guys like you to offset the PD. In fact if that was done and more people followed the letter of the contract the 117 negotiations would already be done.

New avatar suggestion for shiznit...


No waivers.
No favors.
I follow the contract, and All Pilot Memos.