Originally Posted by
The Cavalier
ALV+15 is going to prove to be a costly QOL concession not to mention the hiring it postponed. Anyone coming from a regional knows it will prove to be a miserable existence for a reserve. Just because they haven't been able to schedule that way in the past doesn't mean they won't. It's a slow slide to regional work rules.
Back in ALPA's better days,
SAFETY was used to justify better work rules and reduced hours. Further, pay was used as a disincentive to schedule those operations. (night pay anyone?)
ALPA had to give up the moral high ground to facilitate outsourcing. After all, if it safe for a regional to perform this sort of operation, when why not mainline?
By setting a separate standard which was "safe" at the regional, it was obvious where the long term trend was heading. Safe enough for ASA is safe enough for Delta, especially when you have the same managers revolving through flight operations from one Company to the other.
... and this loops back to my concerns about ALPA not following the Admin Manual. It is about more than just scope.
It is about all areas of the contract which one group might fight for and another group undermine.