Originally Posted by
Timbo
OK, I'm going to play 'Devil's Advocate' here for just a moment, and throw out a scenario, see what you (all of you) think:
What IF...
RA comes to our Negotiating team and says something like this, "Ok, well, we had to buy Pinacle, and we need more 76 seat feed...bla, bla, bla..."
And our NT says, "OK, but they WILL BE FLOWN by DELTA PILOTS!!"
And RA says, "OK, fine, let's put all the Pinacle pilots on the Delta Seniority list, straight date of hire, and on the Delta Pilot Contract."
Or words to that effect.
Now What?
What should our NT say to that? Yes? No? Staple or...?
Discuss.
Hmmmm. i like these games btw.
Quick answer. Absolutely not. the doh merge is a nonstarter and adding such a large 50 seat and UCAL express contract is just a mess, also a nonstarter.
Solution. Move all 70-76 seaters to Compass certificate but not pilots, lift limit on 51+ seat jets, staple with open slots for off street hiring to be filled by hiring department as they see fit, no fences and pref interviews for other DCI pilots.
also sunset 50 seat flying contracts and end alaska codeshare.
Thoughts?