Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
What is more likely to happen is that Alaska's outsourced 100 seat operation would simply be terminated and Delta would perform that flying with our own equipment and contractors that operate permitted aircraft.
Bar, I hope you’re right but look at what you wrote earlier about LM and ALPA’s attorneys WRT to what “company flying.” There are a lot of things that seem black and white in the PWA that have been deemed “well according to ALPA lawyers we don’t have a leg to stand on there…”
I just don’t believe DAL would terminate such flying without first trying to get us to approve it and I’m sure ALPA National would support the effort and if ALPA National and ALPA lawyers want it...
Call it a “scope opportunity” and throw in for good measure a “How does 2 777s and 6-12 A330s sound to you guys? ALL GROWTH… for the 777 and A330 fleet! Now return the favor and say yes to this joint PWA which will allow what Alaska has already agreed to with Skywest to continue."
And IMHO only, the ALPA stamp of approval will always get you above 50.1%. So I just don't buy us terminating whatever they agree to with regional flying.
/cynic