Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
A good point, but they also understand that if they do, it is like using a "nuclear option." If they choose to do this;which they will not, it kills the last half decade of work they have been fostering with our association. The downside costs are just too great for an airline and management team that has plans they want to execute.
I would say that spending a few hundred more a year on our contract is by far cheaper that losing the constructive relationship we both enjoy.
Our MEC & Delta flushed 415 Compass pilots without even blinking.
I think the litmus test for outrage around here is "is it below my seniority" ? If the answer to that question is "yes" then just about any behavior is considered "acceptable." So, when it comes to Delta and ALPA and something like a 717,
absolutely nothing would surprise me. The difference between a 717 and a E175 is scant.
Like the frog in the pot, the incremental scope sales have avoided really scaring anyone because we get used to the new environment. However, I recall the first day I spent with the CRJ700 prototype and how it sure seemed like a MD-90. Amazing that airplane was being outsourced. Today, it is considered the "small" RJ. Incremental-ism. I can almost hear Chuck Giambusso and Bill Buergey saying, "
but hey, that's not what we had in mind." However, when you decided against unity ... the result is a mathematical certainty.
From a corporate perspective Delta needs to get some guys on board with less longevity. We've got topped out First Officers on our smallest equipment. More efficient to have guys on year one pay there and have the 12 year guys on widebodies where they earn their keep with higher ASM production.