Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Carl,
In my opinion, Endeavor is clearly an alter ego.
My (and your) opinion does not matter unless we get the help of men like us to change the political landscape and the policies that result.
Completely agree.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Say DPA wins and becomes the enforcer of our current PWA, as well as the negotiator for C2015, what then? Is DPA going to require the sunset of our express jet flying?
As you well know, no union can "require" anything. We can only negotiate for it. ALPA has shown no interest whatsoever to do anything but breath life into our express jet flying. My hope is that without the regional representation conflict of interest borne by ALPA, a DPA will have at least the goal of sunsetting our express jet flying over time. I have no such hope for that even being a goal with ALPA.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
What about economic reality? What about feed and the fact that increasing express costs too much will result in less feed, feed which eventually finds its way to your jet at the top of the food chain? Economically, I do not know that we can get any progress without enormous flexibility.
The cost of extending our seniority list down, as Pan Am did with Ransome, is much smaller than any other alternative. IMHO, our best, most pragmatic, option for scope restoration is unity. Expanding as ancient Rome did, by making those conquered "Romans."
See above.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
The DPA just isn't going that direction.
You can't show one shred of evidence to back that claim up about DPA.
Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
ALPA, sorta, is.
Sorta? How's that? In any way shape or form, how is ALPA attempting to sunset Delta's express jet flying?
Carl