Originally Posted by dragon (Post 763989)

Nothing like lobbing a VW sized shell at someone to let them know how much you care!

Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 763904)

Many other professions also get cost of living adjustments. Throw me a COLA like management or even station managers get, & then maybe I'll consider it. Also, many other professions don't move their jr employees around every year. Talk to a NW guy who was jr in the 90's. They'd get bases opened & closed faster then they could get a mortgage.

Respectfully, you need to think about this from a jr guys shoes. With the merger we will have so much re-alignment of aircraft I have NO idea where I'll end up. How am I suppose to sell my house right now? It's worth less then what I mortgaged at. I'll be upside down, so how do I get another loan? And what do I do after I uproot my family to move to base only to get displaced to yet another base? Do I yank them out again? Seems awful selfish to yank my wife and daughter away from their relatives just so I can drive to work. They'll never be able to make any friends until I have the seniority to stay in one place.

This profession is no where close to other professions, not even the military. I was an AF Brat, but my father at least got housing allowance. We get nothing.

Respectfully, commuting is not always a choice. We all don't have the seniority to bounce around the system as we please.

Originally Posted by slowplay (Post 763818)

What's the quicker path to the restoration of your contract? More pilot jobs and corporate profits, or drinking the reddog and "just say no." Last time I checked, that was a failed anti-drug strategy, not a union restoration plan.:rolleyes:

It's easy to sit on the sidelines, since you've seen it all over 23 years...:p

Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 764002)

Okay my helmet is on



where we going acl? slow?

or is that battleship a new deice method for ATL? or a way to have rapid seniority movement? :D