Originally Posted by
DAL73n
Since I can't make a road show (too far to go) what happens when the company is OUT of COMPLIANCE - what are the required actions by the company to correct the imbalance? Also, do we (the pilots) see these numbers? Who produces and vettes the numbers (I would prefer an independent accounting firm - DAL would never do accounting tricks on something as important as productions balances now, would they?). Just a couple questions that have yet to be answered.
DALPA is provided this data and monitors an all of this already. The mechanism to monitor compliance is already in place. I know there is a lot of paranoia surround DALPA and that they are in collusion with the company. Take the time to call the MEC office and have all of your questions answered. There are guys fully briefed on all of this information sitting in the office waiting to answer your questions.
Especially if you can't attend a roadshow, I recommend you call and spend as much time as you want on the phone with one of these guys. I promise you, you will feel better by having factual information instead. THEN, you will have the tools you need to make an informed decision. Whatever that decision may be, at least it will be based in reality.
To answer your questions above, the company will not be required to park RJ's. That's the beauty of this agreement (stick with me, I can tell you're rolling your eyes already
). We obviously have been unable to tie mainline jobs successfully to airframes. Low end outsourcing (RJ's) is now completely tied to the domestic block hour ratio. If they use our new aircraft as replacement aircraft only, as FTB keeps suggesting, then they will have to maintain the block hour ratios, ie fly the RJ's less tool. Every time they get 10 76 seaters, that ratio increases in our favor, and cannot be decreased. Compliance is monitored based on the contract section I quoted above.