Originally Posted by
RockyBoy
Um....the way the agreement is written I don't see how our flying can increase on a percentage basis. Maybe I don't have all the info, but it looks to me like we have nowhere to go but down from the current 73% level we are at.
Do you seriously think we should agree to a TA that reduces our widebody flying in hopes that we see "trickle" down increases in our profit sharing??
First off, I didn't say anything about "on a percentage basis". I said our flying could go up as a result of this JV. I don't believe for one minute that Delta does JV flying just to screw the pilots, or shift revenue flights from Delta to the JV partner. They do it to expand their total presence in markets where they can't expand themselves due to slot restrictions (as with LHR) or the market doesn't justify us going it alone (as with other JV partners).
Of course, I wish every passenger in the world was on a Delta jet. But that's not reality, imo.
As for agreeing to it just to increase PS. NO, of course not to that too. But people I trust (MEC, Negotiating Committee, and ALPA E&FA) have all looked at this ten times (probably more like 100 times) as long as you or I, so if they believe it is in our best interests, I defer to them.