Originally Posted by
whaledriver1
The NWA school house was much better... real line pilots instructing. I understand we need to save $$$. However, not at the cost of quality instruction.
There's more to this than meets the eye.
About %50 of my ATL training events with DGS instructors have been line pilots out on disability of some kind, amd the other %50 have been retired guys.
The NWA system seemed to be a jobs program for currently employed pilots, while the DAL system seems to be a jobs program for disabled/retired guys.
I don't object to either, but we need to decide what our collective priorities are.
Personally, each of the two contracts (merger and the last CBA) were done under a time crunch, either real or manufactured. There wasn't any opportunity to do any "cherry picking". It's no news to many here that I prefered a number of items from the NWA contract (having experienced both), and wouldn't mind to see those make a return.
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