Originally Posted by georgetg

Re: Displacements
What gets me is the company simultaneously planning displacements while not offering the early outs to pilots. Are we overstaffed or aren't we? Take your pick but don't offer me two competing narratives that aren't reconcilable.

Re: Transatlantic JV
Production balance is a good thing for a JV, no doubt. I'm glad RD was thinking about ways to capture downside protection in LOA16 for the AFKLM JV, something the AF JV previously didn't have. The general concept of MOU14 was sound, capturing a greater share of the AFKLM/AZ flying even if we added the new 3 year compliance window from April 2011 to March 2014. It's there so we'll learn to live with it. While we can't make AFKLM/AZ change their tune and the enforcement window is open, we sure can call out management on the fact that the spirit and trend of the AFKLM/AZ is totally being abused. There is a price for being taken advantage of, even if it is legal...

Cheers
George

Here's my graphic to illustrate the point. It's based of Delta's own slide #8 from Delta's Bank of America briefing 9 months ago. AFKLM/AZ numbers are extrapolated from the given JV Total and Delta share using a 50% production balance as the basis, with a lower production balance share the AFKLM disparity is amplified.



For context: RD quoted 6 to 7 Delta transatlantic roundtrip flights to gain 3% of the production balance.