Originally Posted by
volav8r1
I too am confused by the tone of it. The 1st time I read it, it seemed upbeat and positive.... As I read it a 2nd and 3rd time it got considerably more threatening and coersive. If the negotiating team is listening, PLEASE don't give away any more Delta pilot jobs for ANY reason. Speaking as a junior guy at the bottom of the list, I'd much prefer reserve and stagnation until retirements start shortly, than to release one more aircraft, seat, or pound to the regionals. We've made it this far, I can hold on a little longer!
Back to lurking.
Vol
Right on. I was pretty upbeat the first time I read it. Then I went swimming and thought about under/over/side boob and cleared my head. Upon reading it a second time, the letter came off as "We have one red Ford left of the lot. If you don't buy this red Ford right now, who knows when you'll get another."
In the end, it's really hard to comment much without more information. If the ratio of block hours involves us flying all hours in aircraft of 70 seats and higher and DCI flying their block hours in Super Cubs, then I'm all for it.