Originally Posted by
FrankCobretti
I'm surprised that everyone's surprised that the new LGA flying is mostly RJs. Most of USAir's flying out of there was RJs, and the RJ writing on the wall was so clear that my captain and I discussed whether the slot swap would actually benefit us pilots months and months ago.
What, was everyone not paying attention?
Yep - 100% correct.
And the same thing will happen when the company opens in section 6 with a total POS. DALPA will start spinning immediately.
I have been hearing this crap since about 2003 from DALPA:
"We need a codeshare with CAL/NWA because......"
"We need to take a 32% paycut to avoid BK because...."
"The company needs 76 seaters to feed our JFK operation."
"We can't discuss the plan but you will like it."
OK - to be fair they have done some good things also - The SOT did a great job. We recovered some of the 23K stuff - well done on both accounts guys.
I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt through negotiations but in my humble opinion if DALPA does not deliver substantial improvements in section 6 they will be voted off the property within a year.
Scoop