Originally Posted by
Free Bird
dalad, I think that most of your post are well thought out and informative. If you think that Drank hasn't made any valid points then do you think that the current outsourcing is good for the Delta pilots? Should we allow more relaxation of the 76 seat RJ's? How much of our route network should we concede to ALK? Should we help the company turn SLC into the next SEA and LAX?
We all want Delta to be profitable, it just amazes me how some users on here get slammed for trying to protect our jobs. When I see the very pro DALPA crowd hammer folks who want to protect Delta pilot jobs it makes me wonder who they want to represent.
I guess I need to retract the "no valid points" statement. It's the delivery that bothers me, which probably belongs on the FI forum. My position is that I believe DALPA needs to go, but the current DPA group is woefully inadequate. No to any more outsourcing, as I fly with too many FO's who are in my age group and stagnated with no clear idea of when they are going to get a chance to upgrade. I have been very fortunate as I was 40 when I checked out as a 727 A. I sincerely hate to see what is happening demographically at DAL. Our airline really needs to grow internally, and I believe there is a way it can. We have an untapped resource at our airline that could be used to be a game changer in the industry. I would love to have a day with RA to express my ideas. I have already spoken too much and now the Cowboys are winning.