Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
(1) Delta Private Jets weight requirements exceed that permitted flying as defined by our PWA. If you say "so what, that's a charter" what do you call a 747 full of troops or a 767 with a pro sports team, or Thomas Cook Charters which are 757's flying across the Atlantic piloted by AC's RJ division. It's non compliance we need to address by demanding OUR JOBS back.
(2) We are to operate 50% of the EASK (similar to ASM metrics) with AF/KLM. If they are growing 10.7% year over year and we are shrinking 12 to 18% seasonally, then it appears their half is a lot better than our half. The actual JV language is confidential, but it is referenced in our contract. IMHO we should grieve it. Those are our international Captain jobs being outsourced and some very choice flying assignments to say the least.
Bar,
The Delta Private Jets was formally grieved, & we won. That flying has been ceased. Yesterday at the DTW 20 Council meeting a resolution was passed to release all grievance info to the pilot group(excluding individual grievances for termination, etc). We as a group know the Delta Private Jets was grieved/won, but we don't know why or how. That's what many of us want. We will see where that resolution goes.
WRT the JV flying, I know our union watches like a hawk. I believe we will maintain balance.