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.
Staple or Gulf Tango Foxtrot Oscar.
They didn't say that when they bought ASA. They didn't say that when they bought Comair. They didn't say that when they sold ASA for nickels on the dollar. And they're not saying that now WRT Comair. I like a good straw man arguement for the sake of brevity and whatevers, but our seniority list is up to us and what we negotiate. Management can't just demand to put a regional on it, nor would they ever want too. When we do finally hire in the year 3015 or whenever (whoops, did I fat finger that one?) [<--that's what she said] the last thing management is going to want is max pay scale "new hires" when they could hire them off the street @ first year everything.