Good for the Delta pilots, its about time a pilot group is willing to do anything to stop the trend of paycuts.

 

Dirty little secret #1... you thank your lucky stars that your not the pilot group that is going to "take one for the team". If those guys strike, lose their job, the only thing is they are going to get from other pilots is "respect". Well thats just great. I lose my house, my kids dont go to college, Ill never be able to retire, and yea I was stuck making 100 grand a year, but at least I got "respect" from other pilots. Oh how easy it is to beat the wardrums when you dont have to fight. Trust me, they are not going to strike.

 

Someone said "It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees!"

 

Tell that to a guy thats just lost everything.

 

I understand the CFO at AMR says they MUST now get their labor costs down. Where will it end? Anybody willing to fly 100 hours/month for $12/hour?

 

No, but I won't fly a struck route.

 

Im not sure that exists anymore in this industry.

 

Punk,

You absolutely nailed this one. I resigned from Delta in November as a year-seven 73N F/O. I'll begin law school in August after spending the entire spring and summer at home with my family.

I have been totally out of the industry now for several weeks (I had taken an interim flying job that turned out to be completely cheesy) and can't begin to describe how good life is when one is no longer beholden to a company that would just as soon knock down and pi$$ on its employees as look at them.

In my case, it was not at all about "losing everything." It's so very much more about creating opportunity and executing a plan to move forward - far away from the foul stench of the cesspool that Delta's corporate "leadership" has created.

Best to all as this plays itself out, but don't anyone feel sorry for the Delta pilots. There's a lot of talent in that group, and there are plenty of ways to leverage smarts and ability beyond the flying business.

Felix

 

Good for you!

It's been three years since I retired early and during that time my blood pressure has come down to a normal level from borderline high. I commented about this last week during a physical and my doctor quickly said "it's because you're not working with all the aggravation you had."

After some reflection, I had to agree with him.

It's a shame to see what this industry has become.

Good luck to you.

 

There are ALOT of guys here who seem like they want to strike. Right now, one of ALPA's biggest jobs is keeping emotions down, and reminding pilots that our goal is a contract, rather than a strike.