Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
I've got nothing that you would not have already thought of.
Could a NMB complaint be made that this is a unilateral change in pay and working conditions and thus a violation of status quo? Might be a reach, but postage is cheap. I'd think ALPA would be the pilots' friend on this one. Resolution by acclimation at the next LEC meeting if the MEC does not find sufficient motivation on its own?
I doubt ALPA will help. ALPA couldn't care less about regional pilots, and they will see it as having to choose between mainline who pays the majority of dues or regionals who don't. They will take your side like they do in every other issue. There's no NMB issue anyhow, because since our management doesn't control passes, it can't be negotiated in our contract. No contract item, no grievance.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
It has been my experience (although I do not understand how it works) that quite a few express employees get positive space when flights get tight at Delta. At the end of the day management does have an interest in seeing that pilots end up at the same place their airplane is. As stated in an earlier post, park an RJ on a first flight and the phone is going to start ringing somewhere.
I haven't seen a DCI commuter get positive space for at least 2 years. Most of those you see are deadhead crews. Since Delta still plays the Comair Shell Game of rotating carrier's flights to make sure no one carrier gets too strong, we deadhead constantly... which takes seats away from customers and mainline employees...
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
With network and marketing playing musical RJ's every single month, no one can realistically expect a family to move around the country to keep up. Often these are very temporary assignments. No other business (aside from migrant farm workers) expects this of their employees. This is one area where I hope the new ATP rules will increase the value of the pilot to their employer.
I hope so too. Again, glad you get it. Too many mainline employees (and society in general) look down on and ignore the plight of those they perceive to be beneath them.