Originally Posted by
SailorJerry
Depends on your frame of reference I guess. Net gains and all that. By blindly assuming that we'll sell out on scope again isn't helping to manage expectations in the right way. Why would anyone expend precious Cheerios calories on critical thinking if some crew room blowhard just assumes that we'll sell out for some new wide bodies? Frankly I'd rather be an RJ Captain for Delta than to ever be a 747 FO. I certainly didn't vote on anything to get us into this mess, but I'm happy my vote has resulted in 2 quarters of DCI shrinkage. It has nothing to do with bargaining agent. It has everything to do with those who follow the Delta Military chain of command and who are too apathetic to have a picture bigger than what their 4 year old puts on the fridge at home.
How many did you expect to hire by now? 150? 200? Strange. We got 120 Mil leaves back. That's just about close enough isn't it?
Fix the apathy, fix the culture. Don't put words in everyone's mouth. We will continue the trend of shrinking DCI.
Sorry friend but you will never convince me that breathing new life into outsourced flying, making it viable again (we all know from many mouths, including managements own, the 50 seaters were dying on the vine and are not economical with today's fuel prices) was a good idea. Drop the management/Ford Harrison/DALPA talking points and face reality. We were on the verge of letting RJ flying snuff itself out, then gave gave them new life by allowing a bunch more to be flown
not by Delta pilots.
You know that saying...those who fail to learn from history....repeat it? Prior to C2012 hurry, hurry, rush sales job...."fleeting opportunity" nonsense the union said "Not one more pound, not one more seat". Lies, lies and more damm lies. It will happen again. Lee Moak is brash enough to tell you to your face "Outsourced RJ's are good for Delta Pilots in the overall scheme of things blah blah blah". Go ask him. He honestly believes it and those who filled his DALPA spot still follow their "fearless leader". And the insanity continues.