Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
Oh, so you're saying we got a 2% pay raise in 2011 and 2012? Great, I forgot to add that to my pay rates from those years, I'll have go back and add that in.
My point is, that the 2% was a tax holiday for those two years, not an decrease in our payrates as of 1/1/13.
My point is, that the 2% was a tax holiday for those two years, not an decrease in our payrates as of 1/1/13.
My feeling has been while there are a lot of things I would love to see change here at DAL, I am comfortable with the direction this Management team is going. How it all translates for numero uno is always the key. My sense is that given what UAL and AMR still need to do, (it could be really ugly just labor wise on their sides) their costs will out strip revenue shortly. IOW, we have already covered our pilot costs today and are on par or exceeding year end profits in contrast to all other legacies. It is fair to say they better have a few tricks up their sleeves to cover the coming significant increases in wages.
You also wonder, just for the sake of arguement, how Unical and USAA are going to cover their contractual increases without the benefit of vastly higher profits. Because US profit, while good, has an extremely cheap pilot contract and AA isn't kicking butt either with a currently cheap contract.
IMO, from a macro view I agree with your observation. But, also there are too many moving pieces both in play and yet to be seen that makes it way too difficult to compare us to them until the dust settles a lot.
I would say its a combination of personality types.
We are maybe one half pacifist/apathetic and one half ex-military junior officers who are accustomed to "chain of command" organizations. Their tendency is not to try and shape policy but to just salute and execute the plans sent from above.
The rocking chair was effective.
We are maybe one half pacifist/apathetic and one half ex-military junior officers who are accustomed to "chain of command" organizations. Their tendency is not to try and shape policy but to just salute and execute the plans sent from above.
The rocking chair was effective.
Check;
I thought you were a lawyer, not a psychologist. My observation both at DAL and in the reserves was that the rank and responsibility an officer left active duty with is/was where he was frozen...mentally, emotionally, responsibility-wise, reasoning-wise, etc. Its a bit of a broad brush, but usually you could count on it being true.
IOW, I agree with your assesment.
Straight QOL, homie
Joined APC: Feb 2012
Position: Record-Shattering Profit Facilitator
Posts: 4,202
Fiigmo, I smell what you're stepping in. Delta management seems to be making good choices (for now), and Delta seems like a great place to be (for now).
But it also strikes me as dangerously complacent. I don't think we should be satisfied with where we at from a compensation standpoint. When the company's raking in record profits, we should need to maximize our gains, too.
Let's not focus on our competitors' issues. Let's work on adjusting our own expectations upward. We are a huge part of the company's financial success. We need to recognize that and be a little more militant about it.
But it also strikes me as dangerously complacent. I don't think we should be satisfied with where we at from a compensation standpoint. When the company's raking in record profits, we should need to maximize our gains, too.
Let's not focus on our competitors' issues. Let's work on adjusting our own expectations upward. We are a huge part of the company's financial success. We need to recognize that and be a little more militant about it.
So here's a Kate Upton pic:
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post