Then why did the company expend negotiating capital to wrest concessions from us? :confused:

Good to hear! BTR, an old DC-9 trip out of MEM.:cool:

Don't just hate old guys sitting at the end of the bar trying to tell ya the history do the bar:D

Ferd

I don't know, maybe it's my category, maybe it's because I now work for a more employee friendly company or maybe it's because I'm an optimist......but my QOL is better.:cool:

MGM too.


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Not necessarily. What if you are senior and you get 2 one day GS's and the guy junior to you gets 2 4-day GS's because that's just what happened to be there? Goes both ways if we had a RAW score for GS's instead of just the number assigned. Should actually be more in favor of a senior bidder.

Are you really asking that? :rolleyes: It's because that is what they do. They had efficiencies that they always could take advantage of, but were probably unable until the merger synergies reached a certain point. Anything else they could get in the negotiations were gravy. But like Ferd said, my QOL is much much better than it was before the contract. (and I'm junior in my category too)

Oh Ferd, it's got to be your category and all the reeeaaallly great dudes you fly with!!!;):)

Denny

You're basically saying that if someone is willing to gamble on two one day-day GS, they should have their 3rd before a guy that patiently waited for a 3-day GS can have their 2nd. Do I have that right?

The old system steered all the food to only certain customers, the GS distribution improvement makes sure that everyone gets to eat, in seniority order.

It sort of feels to me like you're obsessing over OPP (other people's plates), after everyone's been served. When it was your turn, you were in a hurry, and you asked for the salad, but now that someone else is having the steak, you want an extra dish before everyone can move on to desert?

Put me down as a "no", on this one.

Exactly. Brought to you by the smartest guys in the room.

[QUOTE=LivingTheDream;1631828]I thought we all knew we were getting into a seniority based system. I agree to a small leveling of the good deals (ie., all offered 1 gs before a second gs is offered).

But seriously, now we want to level the time awarded? Where shall we end this socialism... we take turn


I want PBS to start working our schedules vertically. In other words, after #1 in category gets his or her first trip, it goes down to #2 in category and so on...is that too much to ask?

I keed, I keed