Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
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.
You're just trying to rehabilitate your reputation here Alfa. Nobody's frustrated by returning MIL, FUR. They're frustrated that you and the other members of that disastrous MEC administration sold the TA as a growth vehicle. You brushed off the productivity concessions as insignificant. Many of us are channeling the frustration by working for an independent union.
Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
The 717's hit the property in September, the 737's in October and things will change, but not until the fall.
Really Alfa? How will they change? Will they change by the seniority list continuing to shrink while pilots are displaced to lower paying equipment?
Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
It is just the assertion made by some (not you) that Delta is shrinking away to oblivion is not factually correct.
Great example of the old alfaromeo spin. Nobody is saying this except you. Delta is shrinking...there is no doubt about that. Oblivion is a dramatization only used by you in order to claim something to be factually wrong. It's called a straw man argument.
Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
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.
Again, that's not what's causing the stagnation. Only 256 pilots have returned from military leave since 2008, and only about 120 have returned from furlough. We've had almost 1,000 retirements since then and just a few small classes of hiring to partially replace them. When you hard sell your pilots to make more productivity concessions, shrinking is no surprise.
Carl