For those of you who suggest voting no will have no positive result aside from extending our current PWA, I'm curious why you think we even have the ability to vote?
A few years ago SkyWest, (a non-union DCI and UAL regional feeder) had a pay package that felt very similar to this TA. It was much simpler: very small raise (2%-ish), vague promises of growth if quickly voted in, but the spirit of the agreement was similar.
The pilots' volunteer representatives claimed they would be foolish to vote down a free raise, even one as paltry as the one offered. Since they were non-union, they claimed they had no leverage and should take whatever was offered if it was an improvement. Many asked, "If we have no leverage, and can negotiate only 2% raises after years of stagnation, why do they even allow us to vote? Will a "no" vote really not gain the "negotiators" any leverage?" The pilots were told that it would not.
The package was voted down. The representatives were right. Management walked away happy that the pilots had voted down a package that would have cost, according to one upper manager, "One million dollars!"
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Please tell me the environment at Delta is different than it was at a regional where pilots payed $0 for their 'student body government' style of representation.
Do we really have no more leverage than they do? And if not, what is wrong with our system?
A few years ago SkyWest, (a non-union DCI and UAL regional feeder) had a pay package that felt very similar to this TA. It was much simpler: very small raise (2%-ish), vague promises of growth if quickly voted in, but the spirit of the agreement was similar.
The pilots' volunteer representatives claimed they would be foolish to vote down a free raise, even one as paltry as the one offered. Since they were non-union, they claimed they had no leverage and should take whatever was offered if it was an improvement. Many asked, "If we have no leverage, and can negotiate only 2% raises after years of stagnation, why do they even allow us to vote? Will a "no" vote really not gain the "negotiators" any leverage?" The pilots were told that it would not.
The package was voted down. The representatives were right. Management walked away happy that the pilots had voted down a package that would have cost, according to one upper manager, "One million dollars!"
Do we really have no more leverage than they do? And if not, what is wrong with our system?