Originally Posted by
lolwut
The problem, along with others, as I understand it....
Delta management and ALPA signed an agreement with another airline's pilot group for guaranteed Delta flying.
Delta pilots were taken out of the loop and the Delta pilot working agreement's scope section is no longer the sole legal controlling document ALPA has signed regarding the outsourcing of Delta flying. There now exists another legally binding agreement between Delta and ALPA that Delta pilots have no control over.
I'm pretty sure express jet (ASA) has a contract guaranteeing them 80% of connection flying out of ATL. How is this any different?