Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
It doesn't matter that scope is a local issue. It is AN issue...and an extremely important one. As such it is up to our national union to educate and warn its members against such threats. ALPA national would not sit silently if a local MEC agreed with their management to give pay raises based on pilots lobbying for cabotage and for foreign ownership rule changes. ALPA would rightly strongly warn against that, and maybe even refuse to sign the document.
ALPA national can't warn us against outsourcing threats anymore because of ALPA's structural conflict of interest.
Carl
The DPA's milk toast constitution statement on outsourcing:
To preserve and increase Delta pilot jobs by seeking to capture all flying done by Delta regional affiliates, code shares, joint ventures, and other flying done under the Delta brand to the maximum extent possible.
Summary: Limited to seeking to capture to the maximum extent possible. Will try to do this, may not be successful i.e. no real change.
Mike Protack on first DPA contract priorities:
Increased scope protection to reduce regional destruction of our product and careers with system integration of pilots flying Delta routes. Aircraft displaying the Delta livery should only be flown by Delta Pilots.
Establish flow up/seniority for all regional affiliates to establish a solid brand for Delta Airlines at all levels and stop the cannibalization of our flying by pitting one regional carrier against another.
Summary: Reduce doesn't mean end. Why only Delta routes? Planes in different liveries can be flown by other pilots? Why only regional scope? Why is DPA working to help regionals get seniority numbers when all they do is complain (last email) about the DCI hiring language in our current contract?
Wishy washy language is not a path to getting all flying back it's a goal. There's still no plan, just a promise. It's not a declarative statement to get all flying back, it's an attempt to try and nothing more. I might go in to the CPO and attempt to get him to give me Thanksgiving off to the maximum extent possible
