Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
01-26-2012, 07:38 AM
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01-26-2012, 07:41 AM
Happy to be here
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And just to expand on this, and not for your sake nut.
DPA support is like playing with gas. It might not hurt you until there is a spark.
Like an AMR acquistion spark.
They have 10734 pilots. 10734 APA pilots whose back is up against the wall. Everyone remember what that feels like??. Put them along with 3,000 or so DPA pilots and we have a real Goat F%&* Jamboree. It would make the USAir/AmWest/USAPA saga look like a friendly company picnic.
That being said though, DALPA needs change desperately.
DPA support is like playing with gas. It might not hurt you until there is a spark.
Like an AMR acquistion spark.
They have 10734 pilots. 10734 APA pilots whose back is up against the wall. Everyone remember what that feels like??. Put them along with 3,000 or so DPA pilots and we have a real Goat F%&* Jamboree. It would make the USAir/AmWest/USAPA saga look like a friendly company picnic.
That being said though, DALPA needs change desperately.
DPA cannot deal with this. DPA could not deal with this thing going sideways and us seeing foreign ownership.
I also agree change and transparency need to continue to win the day at ALPA.
01-26-2012, 07:42 AM
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So best case it was a cost of living extension, worst case a slight pay cut.
01-26-2012, 07:46 AM
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Why? Using the numbers above, if we have 100 737-900ER's coming, and 40 757's retiring, I can stomach that. Can't you?
I'm not saying I know how the trade will unfold, but using the numbers in the post you were responding to, I wouldn't shed a tear over a transaction that yields 60 new mainline airframes.
I'm not saying I know how the trade will unfold, but using the numbers in the post you were responding to, I wouldn't shed a tear over a transaction that yields 60 new mainline airframes.
01-26-2012, 07:47 AM
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01-26-2012, 07:47 AM
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Why? Using the numbers above, if we have 100 737-900ER's coming, and 40 757's retiring, I can stomach that. Can't you?
I'm not saying I know how the trade will unfold, but using the numbers in the post you were responding to, I wouldn't shed a tear over a transaction that yields 60 new mainline airframes.
I'm not saying I know how the trade will unfold, but using the numbers in the post you were responding to, I wouldn't shed a tear over a transaction that yields 60 new mainline airframes.
01-26-2012, 07:49 AM
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Pat yourselves on the back boys, that $1.2 Billion is just about what we gave up in our pay cuts to "...keep Delta (and NW) out of bankruptcy'...
Almost.
But not quite enough to cover all we gave up.
Good news, after your 42% pay contribution, every year, for the past 8 years...you'll get a whopping 4.5% back in Profit Sharing, so you got that going for you.
Almost.
But not quite enough to cover all we gave up.
Good news, after your 42% pay contribution, every year, for the past 8 years...you'll get a whopping 4.5% back in Profit Sharing, so you got that going for you.
Timbo,
Thanks. I hope we all remember this when when the company so graciously issues those profit sharing checks next month. I am happy to get one, but, context is everything.
Regards
01-26-2012, 07:49 AM
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01-26-2012, 07:52 AM
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I COMPLETELY agree with you on this, though I would omit the words "continue to" as they imply that there is progress in these areas.
But (and Slow, Sailing, Alfa, etc please feel free to comment...)
DALPA, despite their claims to the contrary, isn't getting the message. Or perhaps they have received the message but are choosing to ignore it.
As a recent example of this I need only point to the whole FPL "cover up". Absolutely shameful and indefensible performance by DALPA.
Go ahead, tell me I'm wrong...
01-26-2012, 07:55 AM
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Why? Using the numbers above, if we have 100 737-900ER's coming, and 40 757's retiring, I can stomach that. Can't you?
I'm not saying I know how the trade will unfold, but using the numbers in the post you were responding to, I wouldn't shed a tear over a transaction that yields 60 new mainline airframes.
I'm not saying I know how the trade will unfold, but using the numbers in the post you were responding to, I wouldn't shed a tear over a transaction that yields 60 new mainline airframes.
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