Originally Posted by
TenYearsGone
It is none of my business or the unions business to find out a way to buy two 200 million dollar jets for DAL. This is what RA and his team are hired and get paid, handsomely, to do. We dont have to force the company to do anything, what we need to do is become a force so that the company doesnt make these shady one sided deals. Look, 21-7 is severely lopsided.
The Union should get out of the business of trying to manage this airline. The Union needs to start protecting and enhancing our careers. I do not buy any of this. There needs to be a fine inseparable line between our Management and our Union.
Please take the blinders off. With all do respect.
TEN
First, I did not say it was the unions business how to buy these jets, I said how do you "force" the company to buy these jets. Big difference.
What this deal does is allows DAL to not have to pull down flying if V Oz does, it codifies what areas on the map, not just OZ-Mainland US are included in growth, it backstops the pull back of DAL in the market to five and worst case four frequencies a week.
If you realize the crew inefficiency of four weekly flights you will also realize the crews involved at this level of flying with our CDA and trip rigs.
It does not give us a day one increase in pilot bock hrs, but unlike the previous language which was did not guarantee any growth to us, this one does after one more daily rt is added by a very very very small carrier. 14-14 day one would be awesome, duh! The reality is that this market that this jv was signed for has been generally stable for the last few years wrt to frequencies between carriers.
As for your last comment. Go to a MEC meeting attend what you can, and see the work your reps do. I have been to a few over the years, and though the results are not always to my side of an issue, the debate is well thought out by all parties.
This JV passed 19-0. Ask your rep why he voted yes.