VPR,

The core of the issue is, "Why do we allow outsourcing at all ?"

Block hour percentages are like the alcoholic at the bar saying "I'll have one more and quit."

In our case, we have partnered with management in the outsourcing business. As Moak described it, we need DCI to make lots of money, so Delta makes lots of money, so we make lots of money. When Delta was threatened by economic turmoil, our union's first response was to allow more outsourcing to try to keep the ship afloat. ( this is why Tim Caplinger and roughly 2,000 pilots from NWA and Delta were furloughed )

What I propose is a more common sense approach. Delta pilots do Delta flying at competitive pay rates for equipment (big airplanes make big money, small airplanes make less money).