Originally Posted by
Jack Bauer
You are ignoring the fact a host of the RJ contracts are coming up and would not need to be renewed (this also was part of the "time limited opportunity" along with engine overhaul requirements). Management needed to quickly implement a program to switch out and renew contracts before heaven forbid someone from the union fought against outsourced C-scale pilots performing Delta flying....
Management and you fail to bring that up though. Your response is so management groupthink ingrained you completely overlooked the obvious answer to your own question..."Oh, and tell me what Delta would have looked like with the loss of 1/3 of DCI over the summer...I think they were about 8% of our domestic network."
The answer: A transition program implemented well ahead of time to keep the planes flying.....By DELTA MAINLINE PILOTS!
So you're going to change your argument now that your original one is discredited.
The expiration dates of the RJ CPA's and the cost of engine and airframe maintenance during the term of the agreement were published during the ratification process. They shouldn't be a surprise to you. The CPA extended in decreasing numbers to 2024. PCL's bankruptcy and our PWA choices were in 2012. Your argument isn't valid.
And tell me again how Delta was going to implement a transition program "well ahead of time" for aircraft that were under contract to a company in bankruptcy and other DCI carriers? They couldn't pull the aircraft...