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Originally Posted by BIGBROWNDC8
Skyone, Nothing personal, but your an idiot!!! I knew it wouldnt take long before someone starting screaming "sour grapes" about how much money the pilots gave up. Yes, the pilots have given up a sh1t load and its unfortunate, but Grinstein didnt have to do this at all, but he did... I still stand by my "class act" comment.
Stop you *****in and thank your lucky stars he did this. Who knows, others MAY follow...
BBDC8
First it's "you're" not your. Of course it's sour grapes. The termination of the pilot pension will cost me over $2 million of a pension that was earned over 25 years. This is a blatant anti-union tactic. No other pensions were terminated and this is the rank and file's reward for keeping the unions at bay. GG has been a one trick pony since his days at Western.
If I were a major creditor and was going to get around 50 cents on the dollar for what Delta owed me, and they are giving the employees a "reward". I think I would second guess a decision to approve the BK exit plan.
Sort of like USAir screwing the pilots out of their pension, but magically finding some financing/money in the billions to try and buy Delta.
So how would it sit with you, if say, UPS decided (probably illegally though) to manipulate a vote on your unions and get word that a major bonus was in the makings, if the union were to be voted off? Would never happen with all the laws, etc., but just the same.........
It IS nice for the rank and file, but it isn't being done because of wonderful generousity of GG. He and his minions were the one's that took a great airline like Delta once was and put it in the crapper. He is the one that approved the SERP (senior executive retirement plan), where all the senior executives' retirement was moved offshore and protected from BK. Tell me again what a great guy he is?
Again, great for the rank and file. They have taken some serious hits over the years. But don't sit there and say what a swell guy GG is, when over the last twenty years he has personally done more damage to DAL than Lorenzo, AirTran, 9/11 and fuel prices put together.