Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
Instead of these pilots raising themselves to the standard, these pilots are lowering the standard to themselves. That is the core issue. That is not the type of pilot I want to work with. It is what it is, but do not expect the pilots that met the requirements (the current Delta pilots) to be happy about it.
If we are going to personalize it. Lets personalize it correctly. ALPA represented the Pinnacle pilots. ALPA is run by a President who firmly believes in outsourcing. One of the principle tenets of outsourcing is lowering standards to reduce costs.
To distance themselves from responsibility for declining standards it is typical for companies to outsource the measurement of the objective criteria used. (ie the proliferation of ISO standards and rating agencies administered by third parties) Delta management's participation is hardly surprising.
The trend will probably reach a static bottom where ever the Federal Government decides it will be. "Legal" is assumed to be "safe."
There is no room to improve standards when the primary goal is to reduce costs. To quote Skip Barnette on the subject, "quality costs money."