Originally Posted by
Hillbilly
Actually, it's exactly what you said, when you said:
You said they don't sign their own CBAs. Then you said you didn't say they don't sign them.
DALPA pilots have been considering it for
4 1/2 years since the card drive began. If the DPA was going to happen, it would have done so long ago. Still hearing a pilot advocate for it today feels like listening to a guy still *****ing about the Western merger. Enough already. It's over.
The point I'm trying to demonstrate is that the ALPA National President's signature is the overriding signature.
Originally Posted by
gloopy
That's actually not true at all.
All they have to do is "meet and confer."
That's it. We can take back any amount of scope we want to, anytime we want to.
But we have to want to. And bargain for it. That is the only road block we face. Regional DFR's are meaningless empty threats as long as we check the right boxes and let them know we are taking it back.
There is an inherent conflict in any "association". If DL signs a contract that helps the company succeed, can UALPA sue under DFR, or vice versa? Nope. Not even close. If JB signs a contract that undercuts DL and UA and allows them continued growtn in the face of capacity dicipline everywhere else, can they sue ALPA for DFR? Nope.
The relationships between Delta and it's regionals are more direct than DALPA, UALPA, and JALPA.
You need not bargain for any scope going forward. Just keep scope exactly where it is and regionals will fade and you'll solve the pilot shortage.