Originally Posted by
Jack Bauer
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 and then gave it new life by allowing a bunch of them 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. And the insanity continues.
The CRJ-700 and CRJ-900 and the E-170 and the E-175 weren't about to "snuff themselves out". Where did you get that idea? The 50s were dead, I agree.
It's not talking points it's my own independent analysis. You also have little regard for the actual timeline of events that were leading up to the 717 and CRJ return deal. Do you think Boeing and Bombardier just woke up 2 weeks before the deal was done and decided to wheel and deal some airplanes? These are multi-million dollar assets not tied to a pilot working agreement.
That said, if the company had been snubbed on the PWA, it's my opinion that we'd still be negotiating, and they'd be hanging new motors on CRJs.
I don't care what Lee Moak says - he works for me. And yes, outsourced RJs are good for me - again - all independent analysis. Not talking points. Did you miss the part just 2 hours ago where I said ALPA wasn't representing my interests? Sounds like you're the one with the broken record issue.