Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

A couple of points about the foregoing posts.

ALPA had (and has) a role in the furlough of Delta pilots and the "regionalization" of work rules. They both stem from ALPA leaders who allowed and fought for a different, lower, standard of Delta pilot called Delta Connection.

Once we (ALPA, our union) allowed management to enjoy a lower standard (as we just did with Pinnacle) on our property we lost the moral high ground on scheduling, rest and compensation. If the lower standard is good enough for one pilot, management will want the less expensive option applied to all pilots.

The furloughs of the last decade were completely unnecessary and avoidable. Delta hired more pilots within Delta's brand than were furloughed.

ALPA failed by breaking unity. ALPA has not learned from the mistakes of the past, yet. We should be fighting for one, higher standard, for all pilots. Not separating those within the class and craft of Delta pilots.