(reply not aimed specifically at anyone, Sailingfun's post simply outlines the most likely result correctly and succinctly)
Originally Posted by
sailingfun
... they are expected to be in non compliance. The union intends to aggressively pursue remedies to the situation .... It does however provide us leverage in future JV discussions and there will have to be a penalty to the company for non compliance. At a minimum I would expect a financial penalty equal to the flying that would be required to bring the percentages into contractual compliance.
AKA, Wide Body
Scope Sale.
So, when we sit down to figure out the sales price of our job security, do we:
- Calculate the widebody to narrow body Captain differential
- Narrow Body Captain to Wide Body FO differential
- Wide Body FO to narrow body FO differential
- Quality of life differential in all categories
- The value of lost longevity for the Delta pilots whos' career stagnated
No matter what we "sell" scope for, it is not worth it.
Our management is smart. ALPA is no dummy either. For some reason neither side wants to stop trading in ALPA members' jobs.
My hope is that Delta will eventually find some of that "We love to Fly and it shows" spirit.