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Monday, January 21, 2013

Misc - HL 156 (3)



Date: 1/16/2013 11:26:20 AM


Subject: Petition

Mark,

Watching a 4 year anniversary show on the " Miracle on the Hudson" today it occurs to me that we apparently have not tapped a resource of other pilots at other airlines who have lost their retirement to use of bankruptcy as a means of doing business. It was acknowledged at the time that Captain Sullenberger was facing a bleak future because of similar financial dealings at USAir. He was able to walk away because of other opportunities that appeared.

We seemed to have reached the wall on our own property? We could use some high profile spokes person to ad to the effort. Certainly can not count on any politicians!!!

Regards, Rick Bauer

Editor: Rick another good idea.  To revisit the thought process on the petition, allow me to state it was never about numbers.  The goal is to get a meeting and not to have 100,000 signatures.  3000 is significant support for this effort and when printed (with comments) and bound will be over 150 pages and quite an impact in the hand of the reader.  How this effort really excels in my opinion, is the collection of comments.  You cannot read the comments without feeling an impact.  By the way the packet delivered to our targets will have a loose leaf “best of the best” comments summary for quick and easy reading.

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The effort of groveling in the dirt at the feet of "Richard" is far beneath the level of professionalism shared by this retired pilot. A better idea , using the market forces, would be to have every disgruntled employee collect a petition of names of people who pledge not to fly Delta Airlines because of their selfishly misguided business/labor practices.

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Editor: Frank, thanks for your post. Concerning the petition and the desired meeting with Richard, no one wants to grovel.  Your point has been well noted and obviously thought of before.  Regarding a pressure campaign, we agree that would not be welcome activity by the company and may well have an impact.  The strategy is for a rational professional appeal before any follow up ideas are implemented.  

 

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From: Larry

Date: 1/15/2013 11:48:59 AM


Subject: Bankruptcy Irony!!

Mark,

Those of us older retired pilots I'm sure can remember the times that we paid strike benefits for the NWA pilots that went on strike several times I believe in the 60's, 70's and maybe even 80's when their CEO Nyrop started the Mutual Aid Pact. Now all are receiving their full pension and that includes the Scabs!! that crossed the picket lines. Also if I''m not wrong

the NWA pilots that were on disability are now receiving their pensions from the Delta D&S funds. Talk about irony especially after being a dues paying ALPA member for 35 years and never being on strike!!

Thanks for all you do!

Woody Woodall

MD-11 ret PDX 2002

 

 Editor: No war here!  We are not interested in pitting one group against another as Woody full well realizes.  We now have growing NWA/DAL subscribers to the PCN and for good reason.  We are in this thing together.  What the 3500 want known, is not what anyone else got, but simply the inequity of the situation of our disproportionate reductions and the only one who can really address this is our company.


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