Originally Posted by
shiznit
Nope. Unless the release you sign says DL____, and your call sign to ATC is "Delta ____", you are most clearly and definitely NOT a Delta pilot.
Personal philosophy on how a passenger ends up in the back of an airplane does not indicate what company employs the pilots.
Shiz,
My friend, you are falling for the Corporation's alter ego shell game. As labor we should want to unify Delta flying. Delta flying is yours and my flying which we permit to be done elsewhere. We should not permit the Company to run an airline within Delta, which is what Endeavor is.
It is clear that we should want to end this arrangement. It is clear that these people are in the service of the same employer that we are.
Management will resist anything that increases their costs; whether it be pilot standards, pay, or training. ALPA was founded on principle that we should have one standard of safety, we should protect pilots' seniority and longevity.
It is not jet the express pilots who should want to come to our standard, we should want them on the same standard also.