Originally Posted by
sailingfun
That is certainly incorrect at Delta. We had no restrictions on paint at that point. Management in fact often stressed they wanted that product to not be confused with the Delta product. Only later did they go with the new model of a seem less transportation system. At that point DALPA was able to get some restrictions and requirements on connection paint jobs. I just read the 86 and 91 contracts and there were zero restrictions on how aircraft were painted.
Because they needed the permitted flying provisions in section one of the DALPA contract for the seamless operation, without that, under labor law, it can only be code share. There is more to the union, and what it provides you, than what is written in the contract.