All that I have to say to those of you on the NC, is that if the company continues to jack us around for months on end, is that there damn well better be some retro pay involved. This crap has been going on for waaaaayyy too long already. I know it's not your fault, but unless the company has any sort of penalty and/or back pay to deal with, it will continue to benefit them as each day, month, and year passes by. Shame on the last group that sat at the table for not having any language that pertained to this stall tactic that the company has enjoyed.
I along with many others have been as patient as possible so far, but yesterday's closing of the merger really hit a final nerve for all of us. To read all of the crap about the US Pilot group getting big fat raises and a $40 MILLION dollar bonus to share just in time for the Holidays, is sickening to me and all of the others. Hell, even the BK AA Fleet guys got a raise putting them a clean $2 an hour above us. As a bear MINIMUM we should have been brought up to their level effective yesterday. I also read an article quoting Parker in the DFW paper stating that "ALL" US employees would be getting a raise following yesterdays close of the merger. Really Doug, All of us? Who the hell is he talking about. I suppose that he should have said everyone with the exception of those poor IAM represented Bastards. Then on top of that we find out that NON CONTRACT Managers will be throw a bone in Jan as the receive a few more paid holidays along with another week of vac for the more senior people. This has all become a bunch of Pathetic BS already...