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Old 06-07-2015 | 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Check Essential
Shiznit-
I don't know what's in this TA and therefore can't tell you if I'm for it or against it. But I do know one thing. The argument you make in that post really irritates me.

I'm mighty tired of my union being 100% passive, compliant and scared.
Scared of Anderson, scared of the NMB and scared of their own shadow.
And what's worse is using that fear as a weapon to control the membership.
We are not SWA or FDX or AMR.

There are plenty of things we can legally do to exert pressure on management to bargain in good faith. They seem to place great value on their success at taking labor risk off the table at Delta. The first thing we could do is start acting like a real union and put that risk right back on the table. FAST. And in a BIG WAY.

If this TA were to be rejected and Mr. Anderson stops bargaining in good faith and says he's going to go the "traditional route" (putting us "on ice" for years) the first thing we should announce is that we are putting him on ice and making it the #1 goal of ALPA to organize and unionize the flight attendants and mechanics and every other labor group on this property.

ALPA has had an official policy of letting the other employee groups twist in the wind while incompetent organization drives sputtered and stalled and failed. That policy of helping management defeat the other unions would end immediately. And you know what? I think we would succeed. We could have about 3 more unions at this company within a year. I think that might get management's attention.

And that would only be the first thing I would do. There's about 8 more.

So please knock it off with the "fear factor" posts -- telling pilots that if we don't capitulate to management's every wish then we will have to wait years to get a new contract. Its not true. We are NOT helpless. We CAN say no to management demands without getting put on ice.

I know ALPA doesn't want to abandon Moakism and the whole constructive relationship with management. Its been good for ALPA. It saves them a lot of money. But there comes a point when the pilots might have to stand up and defend ourselves. Whether ALPA likes it or not. We may have reached that point. We'll see on Tuesday.
Outstanding post.

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Old 06-07-2015 | 04:37 PM
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Old 06-07-2015 | 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Check Essential
Shiznit-
I don't know what's in this TA and therefore can't tell you if I'm for it or against it. But I do know one thing. The argument you make in that post really irritates me.

I'm mighty tired of my union being 100% passive, compliant and scared.
Scared of Anderson, scared of the NMB and scared of their own shadow.
And what's worse is using that fear as a weapon to control the membership.
We are not SWA or FDX or AMR.

There are plenty of things we can legally do to exert pressure on management to bargain in good faith. They seem to place great value on their success at taking labor risk off the table at Delta. The first thing we could do is start acting like a real union and put that risk right back on the table. FAST. And in a BIG WAY.

If this TA were to be rejected and Mr. Anderson stops bargaining in good faith and says he's going to go the "traditional route" (putting us "on ice" for years) the first thing we should announce is that we are putting him on ice and making it the #1 goal of ALPA to organize and unionize the flight attendants and mechanics and every other labor group on this property.

ALPA has had an official policy of letting the other employee groups twist in the wind while incompetent organization drives sputtered and stalled and failed. That policy of helping management defeat the other unions would end immediately. And you know what? I think we would succeed. We could have about 3 more unions at this company within a year. I think that might get management's attention.

And that would only be the first thing I would do. There's about 8 more.

So please knock it off with the "fear factor" posts -- telling pilots that if we don't capitulate to management's every wish then we will have to wait years to get a new contract. Its not true. We are NOT helpless. We CAN say no to management demands without getting put on ice.

I know ALPA doesn't want to abandon Moakism and the whole constructive relationship with management. Its been good for ALPA. It saves them a lot of money. But there comes a point when the pilots might have to stand up and defend ourselves. Whether ALPA likes it or not. We may have reached that point. We'll see on Tuesday.
Sure. Get angry, I hope it makes you feel better. UAL and AAL pilots have been "angry" for a long time and they've pretty much proven that the C-suite or shareholders GAS. Labor risk will not be on the table in any meaningful way, and it'd be illegal without help from the NMB.

Got any good examples of the modern NMB allowing "labor risk"?

What did they do to get that ability?
How long did it take?
Was their company offering a positive or negative agreement?
Was that company profitable at the time?

I'm all for another "strategy", but I want to see a version that has shown the ability to increase a pay table by nearly 50% in the last 9 years (plus many other significant increases in contract value).


Who knows how much more we might get with this TA, we will see on Tuesday. In the meantime:

STOP THE FREAK OUT
Old 06-07-2015 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Check Essential
Shiznit-
I don't know what's in this TA and therefore can't tell you if I'm for it or against it. But I do know one thing. The argument you make in that post really irritates me.

I'm mighty tired of my union being 100% passive, compliant and scared.
Scared of Anderson, scared of the NMB and scared of their own shadow.
And what's worse is using that fear as a weapon to control the membership.
We are not SWA or FDX or AMR.

There are plenty of things we can legally do to exert pressure on management to bargain in good faith. They seem to place great value on their success at taking labor risk off the table at Delta. The first thing we could do is start acting like a real union and put that risk right back on the table. FAST. And in a BIG WAY.

If this TA were to be rejected and Mr. Anderson stops bargaining in good faith and says he's going to go the "traditional route" (putting us "on ice" for years) the first thing we should announce is that we are putting him on ice and making it the #1 goal of ALPA to organize and unionize the flight attendants and mechanics and every other labor group on this property.

ALPA has had an official policy of letting the other employee groups twist in the wind while incompetent organization drives sputtered and stalled and failed. That policy of helping management defeat the other unions would end immediately. And you know what? I think we would succeed. We could have about 3 more unions at this company within a year. I think that might get management's attention.

And that would only be the first thing I would do. There's about 8 more.

So please knock it off with the "fear factor" posts -- telling pilots that if we don't capitulate to management's every wish then we will have to wait years to get a new contract. Its not true. We are NOT helpless. We CAN say no to management demands without getting put on ice.

I know ALPA doesn't want to abandon Moakism and the whole constructive relationship with management. Its been good for ALPA. It saves them a lot of money. But there comes a point when the pilots might have to stand up and defend ourselves. Whether ALPA likes it or not. We may have reached that point. We'll see on Tuesday.
Fantastic!

To add to that: I would gladly pay an assessment to help the other employee groups organize if that will exert pressure on RA's "labor risk" complacency.
Old 06-07-2015 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Check Essential
Shiznit-
I don't know what's in this TA and therefore can't tell you if I'm for it or against it. But I do know one thing. The argument you make in that post really irritates me.

I'm mighty tired of my union being 100% passive, compliant and scared.
Scared of Anderson, scared of the NMB and scared of their own shadow.
And what's worse is using that fear as a weapon to control the membership.
We are not SWA or FDX or AMR.

There are plenty of things we can legally do to exert pressure on management to bargain in good faith. They seem to place great value on their success at taking labor risk off the table at Delta. The first thing we could do is start acting like a real union and put that risk right back on the table. FAST. And in a BIG WAY.

If this TA were to be rejected and Mr. Anderson stops bargaining in good faith and says he's going to go the "traditional route" (putting us "on ice" for years) the first thing we should announce is that we are putting him on ice and making it the #1 goal of ALPA to organize and unionize the flight attendants and mechanics and every other labor group on this property.

ALPA has had an official policy of letting the other employee groups twist in the wind while incompetent organization drives sputtered and stalled and failed. That policy of helping management defeat the other unions would end immediately. And you know what? I think we would succeed. We could have about 3 more unions at this company within a year. I think that might get management's attention.

And that would only be the first thing I would do. There's about 8 more.

So please knock it off with the "fear factor" posts -- telling pilots that if we don't capitulate to management's every wish then we will have to wait years to get a new contract. Its not true. We are NOT helpless. We CAN say no to management demands without getting put on ice.

I know ALPA doesn't want to abandon Moakism and the whole constructive relationship with management. Its been good for ALPA. It saves them a lot of money. But there comes a point when the pilots might have to stand up and defend ourselves. Whether ALPA likes it or not. We may have reached that point. We'll see on Tuesday.
CRACK!


Home run

And that my fellow pilots is how we take labor peace off the table.
Old 06-07-2015 | 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by shiznit
Sure. Get angry, I hope it makes you feel better. UAL and AAL pilots have been "angry" for a long time and they've pretty much proven that the C-suite or shareholders GAS. Labor risk will not be on the table in any meaningful way, and it'd be illegal without help from the NMB.
There you go again.
I just don't buy the ALPA argument that we are no longer allowed to introduce any labor risk into management's equation.

The NMB is irrelevant. They have taken themselves out of the game.
They've used the Railway Labor Act to essentially make airlines into public utilities where the workers are never allowed to strike.

We just need to live with that and figure out other ways to operate. It can be done.
Old 06-07-2015 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by shiznit
Sure. Get angry, I hope it makes you feel better. UAL and AAL pilots have been "angry" for a long time and they've pretty much proven that the C-suite or shareholders GAS. Labor risk will not be on the table in any meaningful way, and it'd be illegal without help from the NMB.

Got any good examples of the modern NMB allowing "labor risk"?

What did they do to get that ability?
How long did it take?
Was their company offering a positive or negative agreement?
Was that company profitable at the time?

I'm all for another "strategy", but I want to see a version that has shown the ability to increase a pay table by nearly 50% in the last 9 years (plus many other significant increases in contract value).


Who knows how much more we might get with this TA, we will see on Tuesday. In the meantime:

STOP THE FREAK OUT
If Richard believes half of what he says about the important role pilots play in customer satisfaction, it won't take illegal action to quickly erode the premium Delta can charge at the moment. Stock price would quickly follow. NMB isn't going to monitor when the captain starts his engines, how much effort he puts into an efficient descent profile, how many pizza parties he orchestrates during IROPs, his comments and attention to Diamond Medallions, the frequency and quality of passenger updates during delays, nor the degree to which he panders to the FAs so they, in turn, treat passengers that much better. The list obviously goes on longer. Winning JD Power won't be possible without supportive employees on the flight deck. Richard knows the value of a constructive relationship with our union among so many other non-unionized employees. If this TA stinks and it actually gets kicked back (before or after a MEMRAT attempt), I suspect they'll come to Jesus in a hurry to keep the wheels from shaking off the bus.
Old 06-07-2015 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Check Essential
Shiznit-
I don't know what's in this TA and therefore can't tell you if I'm for it or against it. But I do know one thing. The argument you make in that post really irritates me.

I'm mighty tired of my union being 100% passive, compliant and scared.
Scared of Anderson, scared of the NMB and scared of their own shadow.
And what's worse is using that fear as a weapon to control the membership.
We are not SWA or FDX or AMR.

There are plenty of things we can legally do to exert pressure on management to bargain in good faith. They seem to place great value on their success at taking labor risk off the table at Delta. The first thing we could do is start acting like a real union and put that risk right back on the table. FAST. And in a BIG WAY.

If this TA were to be rejected and Mr. Anderson stops bargaining in good faith and says he's going to go the "traditional route" (putting us "on ice" for years) the first thing we should announce is that we are putting him on ice and making it the #1 goal of ALPA to organize and unionize the flight attendants and mechanics and every other labor group on this property.

ALPA has had an official policy of letting the other employee groups twist in the wind while incompetent organization drives sputtered and stalled and failed. That policy of helping management defeat the other unions would end immediately. And you know what? I think we would succeed. We could have about 3 more unions at this company within a year. I think that might get management's attention.

And that would only be the first thing I would do. There's about 8 more.

So please knock it off with the "fear factor" posts -- telling pilots that if we don't capitulate to management's every wish then we will have to wait years to get a new contract. Its not true. We are NOT helpless. We CAN say no to management demands without getting put on ice.

I know ALPA doesn't want to abandon Moakism and the whole constructive relationship with management. Its been good for ALPA. It saves them a lot of money. But there comes a point when the pilots might have to stand up and defend ourselves. Whether ALPA likes it or not. We may have reached that point. We'll see on Tuesday.
First off let me say that it is important to understand that talking about job actions in a public forum, or things that may be viewed as a potential job action without having been released to self-help is a big no no. As in illegal. Ask AA and UAL guys how that went. Just FYI.

I don't think you do that in your post. But I think it is important for everyone to know that as a labor group under the auspices of the RLA to understand that even talking about that stuff is bad juju. That is until the labor group is released to legal 'self help'.

Now, that said....

Get angry if you like. But you and the 10 or so other super-negative Nelly's we have on here are putting the cart SO far ahead of the horse, we are in a reboot of a Marx brothers skit. The cart is in Chicago and the horse is in New York.

Ok. Again, we don't have a published TA.
I'm not sure how all of you guys are so spooled up on rumors that truly run the gamut.

Now, THAT said...

If our rates in this contract exceed those of AA/UAL/FedEx by the end of it...that is a betrayal by DALPA?
Because of all rumored rates I have heard, they all get us there by 2017. And ahead of AA the richest pay rates out there.

The theme from all of you is continuous. Its fear and anger based but with no connection to reality nor to the rest of the industry's rates and work rules.

If we have the best pay rates and profit sharing which NO other carrier does to the extent we do...um, what's the problem?

Look, I'm not here to tell any of you in any way what to think of the TA if we get one. I'm just here to tell you what is in it.

And right now nothing is in it. Because it is notional. Until it is brought out to be voted on the thing doesn't exist for all intents and purposes.

I realize that most pilots are type A, über control freaks. I'm also realizing that I lie on the very shallow/mildly afflicted end of that scale.

Let us just calm down and wait.

Do it as a service to the countless lurkers on this board that just want to be able to be informed and make a decision themselves.
Old 06-07-2015 | 05:01 PM
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At this rate, I wonder if the pilot group will even be able to see the TA after it passes.
Old 06-07-2015 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Professor
First off let me say that it is important to understand that talking about job actions in a public forum, or things that may be viewed as a potential job action without having been released to self-help is a big no no. As in illegal. Ask AA and UAL guys how that went. Just FYI.

I don't think you do that in your post. But I think it is important for everyone to know that as a labor group under the auspices of the RLA to understand that even talking about that stuff is bad juju. That is until the labor group is released to legal 'self help'.

Now, that said....

Get angry if you like. But you and the 10 or so other super-negative Nelly's we have on here are putting the cart SO far ahead of the horse, we are in a reboot of a Marx brothers skit. The cart is in Chicago and the horse is in New York.

Ok. Again, we don't have a published TA.
I'm not sure how all of you guys are so spooled up on rumors that truly run the gamut.

Now, THAT said...

If our rates in this contract exceed those of AA/UAL/FedEx by the end of it...that is a betrayal by DALPA?
Because of all rumored rates I have heard, they all get us there by 2017. And ahead of AA the richest pay rates out there.

The theme from all of you is continuous. Its fear and anger based but with no connection to reality nor to the rest of the industry's rates and work rules.

If we have the best pay rates and profit sharing which NO other carrier does to the extent we do...um, what's the problem?

Look, I'm not here to tell any of you in any way what to think of the TA if we get one. I'm just here to tell you what is in it.

And right now nothing is in it. Because it is notional. Until it is brought out to be voted on the thing doesn't exist for all intents and purposes.

I realize that most pilots are type A, über control freaks. I'm also realizing that I lie on the very shallow/mildly afflicted end of that scale.

Let us just calm down and wait.

Do it as a service to the countless lurkers on this board that just want to be able to be informed and make a decision themselves.
The rumors don't run the gamut. They are all pretty much at one end...at least every one I have heard here and at work.

And you've already lost if your metric for success is AA. Why even have a survey if you aren't going to measure a TA against THAT and against what is fiscally possible/reasonable given THIS pilot group's work and sacrifices?
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