Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
I was thinking the day that they accepted their system seniority number by ratifying their merger. But details like this would be up to the pilots' Reps, once it was decided that something like this was to be done.
WHAT I DON'T GET, is why Delta took several thousand senior DCI Gate Agents, Rampers and Managers, gave them better DOH for pass benefits than pilots from DCI got and no one said a word. Why are we more worried about pilots getting something than other employee groups?
The company has the right to do that at will just as much as if they wanted to merge us with a freight company that all of the other employees would have to put up with new employees over them even if they're not in their particular departments.
Imho, nobody complained probably because a) they didn't know and b) nothing could be done about it.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
As for this slot swap, ALPA does not control how jets are allocated. That was management's decisiion. I say, tell management next time you see them, how unhappy you are. As far as I'm concerned, we don't need an SPC to get us fired up. I'm already eager to give my negotiating committee my strike authorization vote.
DALPA does not control how jets are allocated.
But they own the PWA and they recommended the pilot group vote it in.
Hence the need to Tebow for used and relatively new 717s. Our PWA as it is now is not going to take back scope and we're not sure a C2012 TA will do it either although we can hope.
But with 717s the company has a perfect airplane to deploy on a lot of markets and cut into the outsourcing just as much as high fuel prices will cut into DCI outsourcing 50 seaters.