Originally Posted by
gzsg
Now that the Virgin LOA is a done deal, what's next?
The AF/KLM grievance.
Management will mitigate. It is in their best interest to fold this grievance into C2015.
This harm to us has been going on for almost 4 years. The damage is millions and millions. And the damage is ongoing even after any settlement because they will still not be in compliance.
This grievance needs to be handled separately. Either through settlement or arbitration.
If DALPA allows it to be folded into C2015, WE LOSE.
C2015 with the grievance included will have the same yield as C2015 without the grievance. Why would we make that mistake?
Settling the grievance outside C2015 will allow us a second bite at the apple. It will allow for major improvements in our scope language. Shorter time frames and specified penalties. It will also mean millions for our pilot group outside of C2015.
Sadly, I believe it will be folded into C2015 and we will miss this opportunity.
Make your voice heard.
As of Nov it appears that at the end of the measurement period in the spring the company will be above 47%. The numbers are up on the Delta website. They were required to be at 48.5%. We are about somewhere just over 1 flight per day. If we use 1.5 flights per day as the shortfall then we are talking around 30 total jobs lost. The arbitrator will have to determine the value of those jobs. At a average cost of 300,000 a year per pilot your looking at 9 million per year over 4 years. I suspect however the arbitrator will adapt some metric we may not like but I would say 36 million is the very top end of value he would find for the pilot group. Reality is it will probably be a fraction of that.