Originally Posted by
sailingfun
You assume that if we had a 100 percent scope clause at Delta all that flying would still be done. Thats a very bad assumption and would not be the case. I am also talking about changes since 2001. In June of 2001 we had the same number of pilot block hours at Delta as we did in June of 07 prior to the merger. We however had 3000 plus fewer pilots then we had in 01. The difference was and is work rules.
Sailing,
Maybe 2000 fewer Pilots and 1000 fewer FEs???? We still had a butt load of 727s in 2001 and I am pretty sure some L-10s also. But you know what, it does not matter,
Did we lose a ton of jobs to work rules - Yes!
Did we lose a ton of jobs to DCI - Yes!
Trying to minimize one over the other serves no purpose. We were obviously hurt by both and to a large degree by both.
Scoop