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Old 07-04-2013, 05:00 PM
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But you love that concept.
I've never ever said I love the concept. But it's what we have. The only thing I and others are asking is how on earth would you transition to something else? Show an exact plan of transition and I'll listen.

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Bigger pays more... right?
No. At Delta the 747 is 200,000 lbs bigger than the 777...but the pay is the same.

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If you truly cared, and you truly believe that we are shrinking and will continue to shrink, then you would be touting longevity based pay from the rooftops.
I can't tout anything until you explain to us exactly how we would transition to something else. We've already started the process with pay banding the 747 and 777...take us the rest of the way t.

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As it is, your bloviating is symbolism over substance. Talk is cheap. Yours however, is priceless.
Put your emotions aside long enough to analyze this tsquare. Straight longevity based pay would equalize all pilots' pay based on their longevity. Pay is the only thing that has mattered to arbitrators lately in an SLI. We are likely to see a merger with Alaska or someone else. This could very likely open the door to straight date of hire or a top to bottom ratio. That would provide the merging pilot group with a massive windfall, and I'm not interested in giving them that.

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Old 07-04-2013, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
This could very likely open the door to straight date of hire or a top to bottom ratio. That would provide the merging pilot group with a massive windfall, and I'm not interested in giving them that.

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Don't care who you are, that's some funny stuff right there!
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Old 07-04-2013, 07:59 PM
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No. At Delta the 747 is 200,000 lbs bigger than the 777...but the pay is the same.


The 744 mtow is about 110k more than the 777-200LR.

The 330 is a much higher % above the mtow of the 765 that it was paired with. That one really doesn't make sense...
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Old 07-04-2013, 08:04 PM
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Alpha,
Great to see you started looking at the Bid Monitors!
You are welcome.
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Old 07-06-2013, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler
The good thing about a forum where people like you don't control communication is that everyone here can decide for themselves who lies, spins and deflects.

Carl
Quite frankly, you and ALPAites are two sides of the same coin. You both have an agenda, to get me the average line pilot, to see things your way. Nothing wrong with that, but the DPA's credibility isn't that much mo' betta than ALPA's.
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Old 07-06-2013, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
The 744 mtow is about 110k more than the 777-200LR.

The 330 is a much higher % above the mtow of the 765 that it was paired with. That one really doesn't make sense...
... if you GAS about that kind of thing....
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Old 08-12-2013, 06:46 AM
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Question: Are we better off in a merger with an ALPA carrier (think Alaska) with our without ALPA?

I contend we'd have much more leeway to defend ourselves and ensure fairness if we were had an in-house union, and were not weighed down by ALPA's presence.

I don't want a windfall, but I don't want to get bent over in what could be a very ugly SLI with ALPA's agenda hanging over our heads.
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Old 08-12-2013, 07:08 AM
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Old 08-12-2013, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Purple Drank
Question: Are we better off in a merger with an ALPA carrier (think Alaska) with our without ALPA?

I contend we'd have much more leeway to defend ourselves and ensure fairness if we were had an in-house union, and were not weighed down by ALPA's presence.

I don't want a windfall, but I don't want to get bent over in what could be a very ugly SLI with ALPA's agenda hanging over our heads.
IDK. That didn't work out too well for FAPA pilots. They ended up junior to RJ guys.
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Old 08-12-2013, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Purple Drank
I don't want a windfall, but I don't want to get bent over in what could be a very ugly SLI with ALPA's agenda hanging over our heads.
You mean, like our merger with NWA, which by 98% of accounts went well ?

ALPA has a process, not an "agenda."

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