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Originally Posted by Wolf424
Hey everyone. Delta guy here. While sitting in my house sipping bourbon naked with just my hat on (naturally), I decided to check out what you guys thought in your TA. Wasn’t going to comment, as it’s not mine to vote on. But in reference to our TA 1 in contact 2015, here’s a little background for those unaware.
Our initial TA (known as TA 1) had many gives back to the company. The biggest of which was changing (reducing) our profit sharing formula. We were told over and over, by both our MEC, and management “There is no other deal! This is it. It will not get better than this. Take it or leave it.” Our MEC chair at the time actually said we would have a contract imposed on us by the PEB if we didn’t accept it.
Reviews were mixed at first. Eventually, as the vote got closer, a social media storm doomed that hunk of junk. We voted it down by almost a 70/30 ratio in the summer of 2015.
The MEC and negotiating committee were replaced and sent back to the table to get a deal we would agree on. It took another year, but in Sep 2016, we voted and passed TA 2 that was vastly improved on TA 1 in almost every way.
Just a little background on our own crappy TA and how we dealt with it.
Good luck, and I hope you guys get a great contract. So we can get a great contract. So you guys can get a great contract…it helps all of us.
Now excuse me while I go polish the brass on my hat and yell at people on guard.
If I may ride on your coattail sir……the same thing happened at SWA the last contract cycle. We voted TA1 down by a sizable majority and a year or so later(?) we had a vastly improved TA2 that passed.
The saddest part of all of this is that many pilots (not just at UAL) are forgetting that the supply and demand equation has not nor will it ever be more in our favor in our careers and yet there’s still an argument over rates of pay that barely keep up with if at all with rampant inflation. Seriously? What’s to debate?!
No disrespect to UAL pilots as it’s your contract to live by but I gotta say…… IF NOT NOW THEN WHEN?!