Originally Posted by
Al Czervik
I'd like an answer to this:
How much will mainline give up (and how much are they willing to give) to bring scope in house? There are older guys that don't have long until retirement. That group is the majority of mainline guys right now. Think they'd be willing to jump on this idea? The younger crowd has learned their lessons with scope.
Well...in C2012 we gave up 33% of our profit sharing money, just to bring a bunch of 50 seat RJ flying 'in house', to the 717. No Old Guy already at Delta is going to bid the 717, but they are hiring RJ pilots right now to fly them.
C2012 didn't do squat for my retirement funding, or any other old guy's retirement plan, so I guess we'll have to stay to 65....
I already paid for Scope once, in 1993, when I was bumped off my MD88 Capt. seat and I was replaced by an RJ Capt. Now I've paid for scope again.
Oh, and what do you think helped put Delta into bankruptcy?
Could it be the debt that Leo the CEO ran up buying 500 RJ's?
The "Old Guys" 42% pay cut and lost retirement funding has been paying that debt off too.