Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Just to keep the whole discussion factual the Company has not offered any raises for scope relaxation since the 1113 contract came into force. They did not mention or ask for it in the joint contract. They have not mentioned or asked for it since the joint contract. Dalpa and the company have had no talks on the subject. The entire concept is a mythical creation of this and other forums.
Agreed, that is factual.
But there are a number of "supposals" which get talked about. Some of these concepts eventually become agreements. Once agreement is reached, consensus forms quickly and at that point it is virtually assured of continuing to a grievance settlement, LOA, or part of a PWA.
IMHO our MEC has given our pilots plenty of objective reasons not to trust them on Section 1 issues. If I trusted our MEC, or even my own Reps, these rumors would be put to rest as soon as they came in. That trust is desired by a great many pilots.
Our MEC has been resolute on not going on the record in support of restoration of Section 1. In fact, we've given away part of our scope language agreed to by the Company, agreed with the Company's interpretation of scope language and divested Compass from our representational structure.
Trust is earned. Our MEC could earn this trust by emphasizing the value of each and every member. Our MEC could earn this trust by going on record with "no scope liberalization, Delta pilots perform Delta flying."