Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Delta schedules the RJ flying. Delta certainly is a signatory to our contract.
OK. Do our contracts completely preclude any DCI from doing their own scheduling or performing flying for any other competitor major? If that is the case, that would allay half of my concerns.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Perhaps what you mean to say is that Delta would find itself locked in to a contract for services which it could not fully utilize, costing it a lot of money when it could ill afford the expense. If things became dire enough, there might be agreement between management and ALPA to reset the percentages to avoid bankruptcy of their employer. That is what happened to C2K.
This is the other part of my concern. These "partnerships" go relatively smoothly when both sides grow, but when one side goes backward, loopholes are searched for.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
This is the inherent conflict created by disunity. To outsource we have to create complex mechanisms which must be called on to function during growth and during decline. Economic disincentives can become so painful that they are better avoided than enforced.
This is exactly correct.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Be careful with the DPA "logic." It is not based on a factual foundation.
Careful with the cheap shots. No talk of DPA on my end here.
Carl