Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Scambo;
If true it would allow more 76 seat jets, possibly off property but flown by DAL pilots. It makes places like SKW effectively a wet lessor of airplanes. The DCI pilot groups need to agree to a staple, which if they are smart they will do immeadeatly since the alternatives are not good at all. I talked about this being an effective way to recapture scope,but maneuver out of these cpa's over a year ago. It helps us the Dal pilots, helps the company and offers a way for the DCI operators to morph out of their old models. i do not know if SKW would get the same deal because that would lessen the benefit of being Alpa,but who knows.
Interesting rumor. Source?
Look, first of all I called that rumor the weirdest for a reason, I think it is mostly unworkable, but with tht said: There are 2 aviation university programs that guarantee an interview at (the ASA wing of) expressjet. The new hire interview is (at least in large part) conducted by Delta (psych, cognitive, sim) at Virginia Ave, ASA pilots have, for a while, enjoyed most favored nation status at DAL when hiring fires up. Now, with DAL conducting a chunk of the interview, there are not a whole lot of pieces to put in place.
Sources: Multiple ASA pilots. Apparently they get this info from their flt ops chief at recurrent.
I know absolutely nothing else.