Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Alpha,
That is good information.
It also illustrates how painful being at the bottom of the list has been. While we have lost capacity and down-gauged senior pilots have returned to line flying, pushing down the bottom to staff those Douglas jet positions.
This is management gaining efficiencies. Folks are incorrect if they think ALPA is causing their pain. To the contrary, we gained 717A positions as a result of our dealings and will have a greater role in the international flying.
Thanks.
I fully understand the frustration of having people return from these non flying statuses (MIL, FUR) to flying positions that are senior to you. That process is almost at a conclusion. The 717's hit the property in September, the 737's in October and things will change, but not until the fall. It is just the assertion made by some (not you) that Delta is shrinking away to oblivion is not factually correct. In 2008 we still had a bad hangover from the 9/11 fallout. Pilots on furlough bypass and many electing to take MIL Leave rather than return to flying. That hangover has been cured at the expense of the most junior pilots who are not seeing advancement. For those pilots that have returned to Delta, they don't see it that way. Where you stand depends upon where you sit.