John Culp
John Culp
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If they're going to stop supporting the plan, then contractually they have to deal with us.
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No airline in the modern era has resorted to contract rejection to get what they want and we will not willingly work without a contract. If they reject the contract, we'll keep all legal options open.
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We don't like the position we're in. But we feel time is of the essence.
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We will continue to communicate with management and seek a negotiated comprehensive agreement rather than accepting their imposed terms.
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It's not something we enjoy doing but we feel management has taken a turn for the worse in the last several years. We're in constant negotiations, but their demands are egregious.
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For Delta senior executives to point out that the top paid hourly employees at an airline are mostly pilots is like pointing out that the top earners in a law firm are mostly lawyers.
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Not a clue. We know there's a great deal of anger out there with the way management has conducted themselves and the state of the business. We have absolutely no inkling how the vote will go.
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It's always been the pilots' goal to work with management and to try and seek a consensual agreement that would try to satisfy the parties' needs. This is a path they have chosen; it's not a path we'd prefer.
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It's just the start of a new phase. There's nothing to preclude our talking up to and through the hearings.
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It's just temporary. It gives time for many elements of Delta's business plan to become clearer.
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They were trying to pocket the money they weren't contributing to the defined benefit pension plan, and we called their bluff on it.
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Whether or not to proceed down that path, that decision will be made by the representatives of the pilots and it's just another piece of an overall strategy we will use to convince management to negotiate toward a consensual agreement.
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We feel that we are being asked to shoulder the lion's share of the employees' sacrifice.
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We absolutely think that we can get a deal done if management is serious about reaching a comprehensive agreement.