Originally Posted by
DeadHead
This brings to mind a second question...
What incentive does the company have to honor the contract, and keep flying ratios within the TA ratios?
(All I'm looking for is a fail safe that protects DAL pilots)
Sure we could file a grievance, but if there are no penalties that would come of it then it's the equivalent of a delicate slap on the wrist.
Arbitrators and Courts don't look kindly on willful contract violations. The Delta pilots are still under an injunction from a 2001 Appelate decision, and the damage decision was overtaken by the settlement of C2K. Group grievance decisions have awarded Delta pilots substantial amounts of money from Delta contractual violations in the past, and courts have ordered both companies and unions to pay up. Remember the APA fine payable to AMR management in the 1990's?