He might of thought that...And therein lies the problem. At the very least, once he saw the overwhelming "NO" votes, he could have changed his tune, or admitted that in hindsight it was't such a good deal.
But to stand in front of an entire room and flatout say he still thinks it was good just shows how out of touch he is with the floor.
Not really. You might have received raises, but in return many many Field stations got flushed down the tubes. Since you're in a Class II city, you out of anyone on here should have been shouting from the rooftops against that.
Shaky indeed. That's why you lock in Scope first, and build from there. Your above statement just reinforces the very real concept that dozens of stations would be closed in the next few years.
I don't know enough about your COC to comment, but from other posters on here it sounds like you've got nothing to lose and everything to gain.
You seem to underestimate yourself. Why the self-hate? As a Crew Chief at another airline, I hold no illusions about being "skilled" or not, but to say we're not a valuable piece of the puzzle is ridiculous. here is nothing wrong with wanting a living wage.
Of course they can downsize, but to actually out into print the license to do so is disgusting at best. The IAM should be ashamed at the willingness they have to throw stations under the bus. After all, you said everyone should be equal, right? What then, is the difference between a ramper in PHL and one in DFW?