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Spacemann Splif 11-23-2009 11:53 AM

My apologies if this has already been addressed.

Will the planned MD-88 capacity-increasing mod result in in MD-90 pay?

Doug Masters 11-23-2009 11:57 AM


Originally Posted by Spacemann Splif (Post 715892)
My apologies if this has already been addressed.

Will the planned MD-88 capacity-increasing mod result in in MD-90 pay?


I'm sure if we relax scope just a wee bit more we could get that ;)

Hawaii50 11-23-2009 12:01 PM


Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 715860)
Heyas,

While we're at it, let's ask:

Improved call-in-honest: What are you willing to give up to get the company to do that?

Improved jumpseat booking: What are you willing to give up to get the company to do that?

Better reserve work rules: What are you willing to give up to get the company to do that?

Better IT so pilot's don't have to log their landings: What are you willing to give up to get the company to do that?

Better retirement/pension: What are you willing to give up to get the company to do that?

More pay: What are you willing to give up to get the company to do that?

What are you willing to give up to get the company to do that?
What are you willing to give up to get the company to do that?
What are you willing to give up to get the company to do that?
What are you willing to give up to get the company to do that?
What are you willing to give up to get the company to do that?

When does it ever stop?

My answer: I HAVE ALREADY GIVEN...IT'S TIME WE MOVE UP, NOT DOWN OR SIDEWAYS.

You sir, are the weak link for thinking like this.

Nu

And you sir are the unrealistic link. The company has never given and never will give anything for nothing. It's easy and simple-minded to have the list of wants that you have. I want all that too! It's a much different story to come up with a way to get it mid-contract. What was that your pilot group achieved in the last decade or so? That's what I thought.

The ALPA guys doing the job here have achieved more, saved more jobs than any administration in the last 10 years that I've seen, and extracted value for things previously unvalued. I'm willing to let them work. Your group oversaw several of my buds getting furloughed twice in a 4 or 5 year period, no time credit for those furloughees, and Compass. Hmmm.

It's easy to squawk but much different to actually have a plan. Standing by for more of your inane rants and insults.

acl65pilot 11-23-2009 12:02 PM

Doubt that we will expend negotiating capital for that.

Spacemann Splif 11-23-2009 12:09 PM


Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 715899)
Doubt that we will expend negotiating capital for that.

Why would two planes with the same capacity be paid differently? Why would that require any "negotiating capital" whatsoever?

Why are some of us (and not just Slowplay this time) already rolling over?

RA has called the MD-88 a "powerful weapon." Well, no sh!t, if you can increase the capacity without increasing the pay.

To the smartass who's about to say, "it's only $2/hr"-- Don't.

acl65pilot 11-23-2009 12:17 PM


Originally Posted by Spacemann Splif (Post 715909)
Why would two planes with the same capacity be paid differently? Why would that require any "negotiating capital" whatsoever?

Why are some of us (and not just Slowplay this time) already rolling over?

RA has called the MD-88 a "powerful weapon." Well, no sh!t, if you can increase the capacity without increasing the pay.

I am quoting directly from other statements on this thread, and not by me. IMO it should be paid what the 73N is paid. The MD 90 is going to 160 seats as well. Problem is that are we willing to do this mid-contract when other things are in the works?

acl65pilot 11-23-2009 12:27 PM


Originally Posted by Hawaii50 (Post 715898)
And you sir are the unrealistic link. The company has never given and never will give anything for nothing. It's easy and simple-minded to have the list of wants that you have. I want all that too! It's a much different story to come up with a way to get it mid-contract. What was that your pilot group achieved in the last decade or so? That's what I thought.

The ALPA guys doing the job here have achieved more and saved more jobs than any administration in the last 10 years that I've seen. I'm willing to let them work. Your group oversaw several of my buds getting furloughed twice in a 4 or 5 year period, no time credit for those furloughees, and Compass. Hmmm.

It's easy to squawk but much different to actually have a plan. Standing by for more of your inane rants and insults.


Probably true, but the MEC is not doing a good PR campaign. I may or may not agree with what CALALPA and APA are doing, but they are addressing their members on what they are TRYING to get. What they are not doing is trying to sell what they got to the point of it was what they wanted from the get to.

Simply put, once again, better communications with regards to the direction and goals of this union will lead to a better understanding of the position and circumstances in which the MEC is dealing with. Without it, you have no baseline which to start from. Where we are starting from is a sale job, that many times fails to pass a sniff test.

Pineapple Guy 11-23-2009 12:29 PM


Originally Posted by Spacemann Splif (Post 715909)
Why would two planes with the same capacity be paid differently? Why would that require any "negotiating capital" whatsoever?

Why are some of us (and not just Slowplay this time) already rolling over?

RA has called the MD-88 a "powerful weapon." Well, no sh!t, if you can increase the capacity without increasing the pay.

To the smartass who's about to say, "it's only $2/hr"-- Don't.

Does the airplane have a current payrate?
Is the proposed rate that YOU think it should pay higher?
Does the company have any requirement to pay that higher rate?

If the answer to those questions are obvious, then the answer to your question of why it requires negotiating capital should be equally obvious. Either that, or you have no clue how the real world works. The world where we don't get improvements because they are "fair" or we think we "deserve" them.

Spacemann Splif 11-23-2009 12:32 PM


Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 715914)
Probably true, but...

OK, I'm back on your page again.

Seriously. It's the company's job to get away with not paying us more, and to find every single possible excuse to further that goal. They don't need ANY pilot's or union officer's (i.e. Slow's) help there.

Heyas...It's the union's job to crack management's heads--and take names--to improve our QOL, pay, and everything else--NOT to buck for a future management job, or whatever other personal agenda they have. See current ATL Chief Pilot's career path if you have any questions there.

I, for one, am glad to be on Nu's side now. He gets it.

Spacemann Splif 11-23-2009 12:34 PM


Originally Posted by Pineapple Guy (Post 715915)
The world where we don't get improvements because they are "fair" or we think we "deserve" them.

You got me there. :o


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