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Old 04-06-2012 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by slowplay
There are two statements in the opener that directly address your concerns. The first is "improve protections for domestic and international code share" and the second "improve the balance of flying between Delta and DCI." From the opener:

Section 1:
Scope provisions of the PWA provide the framework for Delta pilot careers. These provisions provide critical job security protections and enhance career progression. To strengthen that framework, the Delta pilots propose the following improvements:


  • Establish appropriate production balance protections in all future JVs
  • Improve protections for domestic and international codeshare
    • Improve balance of flying between Delta and DCI
    • Change the definition of “permitted aircraft type” to include propeller and geared turbo-fan aircraft
    • Add new language to restrict the use of permitted and non-permitted aircraft within holding companies
You can read the rest in the opener, but what you assert above ("when it comes to scope we deviate from that") isn't correct.
Maybe. But that would depend on what "production balance" even means, how its interpreted and what the language ends up being. For example, for every 20 fifty seaters that are parked, the company can outsource 19 CRJ900/905's and/or EMB170/175's. Technically, that could be defined as an improvement in the production balance, right?

Fewer large RJ's is fewer large RJ's though. How many fewer? That depends and gives a lot of flexibility, but at least its fewer. But we absolutely refuse to "go there" and the real question is why?