AirTran Strike Vote...98 percent say YES!

[terrehautesux]

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[DonVerita]

What does ATN stand for? I have been a member for over a year now and get the ATN-MEC emails but no one has ever explained that to me... AirTran something? No one I have asked seems to know. They just shrug.

ATN is the 3-letter designator assigned by ALPA for AirTran Airways. Just as DAL is to Delta Airlines and UAL is to United Airlines.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Hey AT gang,

You need help walking the picket line? I'll be there. Anybody who votes a contract down and then walks the line gets my respect......

Even you Kharma!!!!

 

[waveflyer]

It's a good point- the mediators promote this snail's pace- I get that W had his labor agenda- an underfunded understaffed nmb under Obama is inexcusable. There are usually very small windows of profitability to get things done- these delay tactics are completely biased to one side and need to be stopped.

There better be one hell of a RETRO check included in this. And I hope every one on AT's property understands why retro is important- retro must equal the amount the contract would be worth if it were signed the day the old one became amendable or there is a huge financial incentive to delay. It needs to be value of contract plus interest if you have any desire to not be delayed to death next time

Good for you AT- you have my support as well

 

[njcapt]

Great results on the strike vote, guys. Stay strong.

 

[maxblast72]

if you have any desire to not be delayed to death next time

I think next time the Airtran pilots approach an amendable date to their contract, things will be alot different than 2005. I doubt there will be a failed TA, recall of union president and vice president, and the changing of unions during the middle of negotiations next time around. I doubt there ever would have been a 97.5% yes/96.2% participation for a strike vote under the NPA. I am not saying ALPA can or will cure all of our problems here at Airtran, but the structure and resources they have brought to our effort over the last 12 months are signficant.

 

[waveflyer]

True enough- my point was retro. I doubtthat your mgmt doesn't have a certain union busting law firm on retainer that knows how to divide a pilot group- part of the tactics is to get the union to bend over and put out TA's like that- the incompetent union, IMHO- I know it's not my airline- so you guys do your best and what's right for you, doesn't change the Retro argument. If you don't get a retro check equal to the amount it would be worth if it were signed on time- it rewards management. And incentized them to do it again. It should be simple math- not a negotiated item.

 

[Ludicrous Speed]

Think there's a lot of stuff y'all can accomplish with a 98% vote. Congrats Airtran pilots! Stay strong!

 

[no1pilot2000]

I admire AirTran pilots for showing unity in their strike authorization vote. Voting 98% to authorize a strike is amazing.

However, what will be the tipping point where the pilots say to AT management, the flying stops and walking the picket line, full time, begins?

 

[TurboAWD]

Just like previous performance is not a good predictor of upgrade times, what has happend with Section 6 negotiations over the last several years is not a good predictor of what is going to happen the next few years.

The NMB has changed. Great contracts will still not just fall out of the sky, but things ARE different.