Originally Posted by
Sink r8
It still doesn't make sense to this Delta pilot that it was OK for the company to guarantee flying that exists as a Scope exception to another group. In theory, all flying that is permitted now, could be negotiated, and folded back in. Except for Pinnacle.
Add to that the fact we're being held to the "meet-and-confer" (albeit toothless) standard, and it doesn't seem in this case that Pinnacle was.
Not the strongest point for ALPA.
Sink, they've been doing this for many, many years. Delta has signed contracts with ALL of our small jet carriers. The only way any of this flying could be negotiated back in now, or in the past, is if Delta mutually modifies these small jet contracts. We saw that in C2012. Delta had contracts permitting XX number of 50-seaters at the regionals. Before we could successfully negotiate a reduction, the quid to get these carriers to agree, was the increase in 70-76 seaters.
As much as I respect Bucking's knowledge in many of these areas, he's yet to show me how the Pinnacle agreement is any different than the agreements signed in previous years with ASA, Comair, Chataqua, Skywest etc.