Airlinelifer
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- Jan 10, 2008
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North by Northwest you got me. I'm not a AA F/A I am actually a DL manager....at 23 years I've probably been flying longer than you and have seen so much more. I have heard it all from the union and you know what, I don't believe a word they say until I see it for myself. My partner is a F/A for Delta and it took him long enough to reach a point where he can hold a decent trip and with the AFA date-of-hire he would lose about 5000-5500 seniority numbers thats about 65% of the NW F/A seniroity list, oh yeah that would be fair and equitable for a DL F/A. Date of hire is a one way street and NW is the one who would gain. There is good and bad in each contract we all have certain things that work better than others and whether you believe it or not, DL doesn't have it any worse than NW, UA, or US, and little by little certain items are being restored. They are getting things back a lot quicker than we are at AA. Oh yes if you have not forgotten it is your precious AFA that lowered the bar for everyone. Also, we at AA were the only ones to stand up and vote "NO" on our concession agreement. If it had not been for the corrupt union president at the time, it would have stayed a "NO" vote. When was the last time AFA or an AFA carrier stood their ground....maybe Alaska back in the early '90's. AFA made a lot of noise about not giving up pensions and yet each AFA airline gave a "Yes" vote...oh well I guess it is what it is. I've said it before and I will say it again, the only reason NW has become so active in organized AFA at DL is that the NW F/A stand to gain with date of hire. AFA is no different than any other union these days, they have forgetten about the hard working F/A's that come in and do their job every day, and focus on the bad apples.
Lowering the bar?.. Jeez guess your famous ex-leader Bob Crandall didnt lower the bar with the infamous "B" scale....