Originally Posted by Doug the Head
Why worry?
Let ´Fat Mike,´ Paul T. and Jim P. worry about all those cancelled flights because of crew shortages as more and more people move to greener pastures.
Sure, they can (try to) play hardball and stand by their previous pathetic offer, but what will happen is that more and more pilots will resign, leaving fewer and fewer pilots who will have to work harder and harder which in turn means that more and more pilots reach FTL limits (or call in sick/fatigued) and more and more flights get cancelled/subleased.
We probably won´t even have to go to the industrial action stage. The company will do it for us! They are their own worst enemies!
What we/BALPA needs to do is keep the troops united....
Thats right! "Keep the troops united"...But as you can see some guys still havent managed to get their head out of their a**** and still call this a good deal. They totally fail to see the big picture, this is really sad and shows me that unfortunatley all our colleagues are not as smart as we (perhaps??) thought....They fail to see to the situation of colleagues at other bases, doing less/more sectors, less/more positioning etc etc. For some of our guys this money means less/same money in the pocket - For me this UNACCEPTABLE!! How can we call this a "3.5% pay rise"??!! How, if its true, LPL can be a clear YES is unbelievable....Stand up for your colleagues and yourself for gods sake!
No one is asking for stupid money or terms here that will cause the company problems. All we want is to get paid for the hard work we put in and get a pension worth its name! At the moment what we have on the table is "Work more, get less"
