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Originally Posted by Elliot (Post 1846509)

2015 Contract Opener, kind of, was emailed to everyone.

Yep. Very generic like the C2012 opener, though a tad more detail.

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Originally Posted by duder (Post 1846507)

Contract Opener is in your email and online.

Highlights:

Significantly increase hourly rates of pay
Provide for retroactive pay to the amendable date (if necessary) hhIncrease international pay
Establish holiday pay
Establish night pay
Establish ground pay
Establish MED pay

Increase in vacation and training day pay.

I'm in favor of all of these!

I just got it too.

Where is the companies opener?

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Originally Posted by GunshipGuy (Post 1846357)

Waiting for the "We can't afford to give you payrates like that" argument. "You see, fuel is our biggest expense and with the price coming down like it has we see an opportunity for huge stock price increases which combined with our stock options and bonuses will reap incredible windfalls for executives, so you must understand how we can't afford the payrates you're asking for."

Last time I was active on this forum was the last time we were in negotiations; I got slaughtered using language like that! Gunship, you have unrealistic expectations about what your compensation package includes. If you wanted to make that kind of money, you should have been a Fireman!

In all seriousness, we get what we demand. Not a penny more. I have a bad feeling that ALPA went in again with an opener that was about what we all would expect as a final agreement.

I really, really hope I'm way off base and totally wrong; however, the association's reputation of adopting every LOA proposed by the company (without membership vote) has left me with little confidence that we will achieve a contract = C2K at best.

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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler (Post 1846023)

Waldorf Astoria was full.

Carl

Carl,
I haven't really been on this forum since your resignation from the forum. At any rate, good to chat with you again.

BD

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Originally Posted by Seaslap8 (Post 1846052)

Did they arrive at the "closed session" via limo, or black helicopter?...and what kind of ties were they wearing?

Ah, if only Richard Branson were there to cut off those ties! He seems to cut RA's tie every time they meet.

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Originally Posted by duder (Post 1846507)

I'm all for these also but where did you get the bullet statements. I even went to the DALPA site and looked for the negotiations link, which I thought was the huge banner, but couldn't find it.

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Originally Posted by DALMD88FO (Post 1846571)

I'm all for these also but where did you get the bullet statements. I even went to the DALPA site and looked for the negotiations link, which I thought was the huge banner, but couldn't find it.

Highlights of each section was in a PDF attached to the email they sent.

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Originally Posted by duder (Post 1846576)

Highlights of each section was in a PDF attached to the email they sent.

This is conspiratorial. I see no pdf in my email.

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