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#2423
#2424
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The key takeaways were:
We weren't under any 2 hour long call callback provision. Ever. Never ever. That was 100% pure fantasy and by his own admission it was rare for them to even need it and they set an unofficial policy of 16 hours themselves. He made that part up and it never, ever, would have held up in a grieveance. Slam dunk, called foul and a free throw. Easiest grievance win in history.
The other part was nothing before noon on day one. With our current language, that was the absolute soonest we could have had anything. That memo didn't gift us anything. Their hands were tied and they didn't want to set themselves up for another slam dunk grievance loss.
You're making it sound like he gifted us something along with the fantasy take away. That was not the case. The only part of the imminent grievance we stood a chance of losing was the endless "logic loop" of no reserve being available for anything ever. That would have been tossed, or "interpreted" away, and we would have been left with a 16-19 hour long call and nothing before noon on day one.
That was not just reserve QOL BTW, that was staffing across the board that we gave up settling for the old 12 hour long call and giving back 2 hours on day one, down to FAR mins, and still trying to call it a victory. We paid a lot for the ADG increase, in QOL and in jobs. Hopefully we get most of it back in its implimentation and side effects, but I'm not yet convinced.
#2425
So you started in the airline industry during arguably the darkest time in its history. What were your expectations getting into this career? i.e. Is your frame of reference for the value of this profession the "bankruptcy era" or does your frame of reference include the long established track record of the value of this profession prior to that? What makes you think that a drastically reduced value established during a crisis should be accepted as a new basline?
#2428
Okay, thanks for answering that question.
So you started in the airline industry during arguably the darkest time in its history. What were your expectations getting into this career? i.e. Is your frame of reference for the value of this profession the "bankruptcy era" or does your frame of reference include the long established track record of the value of this profession prior to that? What makes you think that a drastically reduced value established during a crisis should be accepted as a new basline?
So you started in the airline industry during arguably the darkest time in its history. What were your expectations getting into this career? i.e. Is your frame of reference for the value of this profession the "bankruptcy era" or does your frame of reference include the long established track record of the value of this profession prior to that? What makes you think that a drastically reduced value established during a crisis should be accepted as a new basline?
That's not to say we can't get the pay rates you want. If we do it won't be because Delta pilots used to make equivalent rates, it will be because we have the leverage to get there. We have a lot of leverage right now. Delta is making more money than they ever have so it should be able to pay its pilots more than it ever has. All the major airlines have similar contracts. There is no US Airways dragging us down. Unfortunately there is no one pulling us up; Southwest helps, maybe UPS and FedEx could help. The company values labor peace enough to mention it to investors. I'm guessing they value it enough to pay a little more to keep it.
Does this add up to the pay rates you want? I hope so. I couldn't say with any certainty though.
I'm going to try to address your questions a little more directly but there was a pretty clear slant to them. Sort of like when Stephen Colbert used to ask guests "George Bush; great President or greatest President?". Anyway...
What were your expectations getting into this career?
Is your frame of reference for the value of this profession the "bankruptcy era" or does your frame of reference include the long established track record of the value of this profession prior to that?
My determination for how much our pay rates should be (I realize there is more to the contract than pay rates but that is the one thing that can be easily compared over time) is based on what our leverage is. I think we have a lot of leverage and expect a significant pay raise. Is it enough to get to historical levels? I don't know. How does our leverage compare to historical levels?
What makes you think that a drastically reduced value established during a crisis should be accepted as a new basline?
Last edited by Oberon; 09-30-2014 at 12:00 PM. Reason: Sentence structure
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