WorldTraveler
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- Dec 5, 2003
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and you are simply not telling the truth. DL non-contract employees received 2-5% PER YEAR over the same period that the pilots got 20%. Surely you don't think that DL employees are that gullible, do you? You never stop trying to manipulate the facts in order to come up with a winning argument, though.Let's see DL's pilots got a 20% raise in exchange for 33% reduction in PS and non-union got anywhere from 2%-8% raises in the same time frame.
and again you fail to mention that the pilots gave up scope in order to get those increases. no other workgroup did. IN fact, most DL ground employees work whatever aircraft pulls up - and it may be DL mainline, DCI, or alliance partner aircraft.
PMDL pilots also are the only group that had terminated pensions in BK.
as hard as it is for you to accept, there are very valid reasons why DL pilots got a different rate of increase than other groups.
so wait.... are you as a DL employee arguing to monetize some of your PS? remember, DL employees earned more PS for this quarter than WN and UA combined....Only because those same DL employees are generating record setting revenues...
...History also shows that commercial aviation is about as cyclical as it gets...
In the meantime, Wall St. likes those revenues, and want that stream to continue as long as possible. That's where the pressure for a "good" pilot deal will ultimately come from most.
PS is a great idea and has paid out billions of dollars to DL employees...
but 20% of your salary in PS is a lot that is dependent on the company. That is why WS and the company want to flatten out salaries even while not decreasing what DL employees take home.