Originally Posted by
jsled
Having read the Delta TA highlights, I see no reason to vote no. New hire seat locks? 50/50 block hours ratio on code shares (current UAL contract), shrinking DCI overall but adding 25-70/76 seaters for 50 mainline 90/95 seaters? No deal killers there. I don't really understand the SL changes from reading the TA changes (but it says it won't affect 2/3 of the pilot group) and the profit sharing change is questionable....but the pay rates and the fact that it's early? Slam dunk in my opinion. The good times won't last forever. I'd lock it in. Good luck!
Sled
I respectfully disagree! There is NO reason for ANY give regarding scope!!! Scope is our jobs! It doesn't matter what your hourly rate is, if you don't have a job. I don't think that DAL should cave on anything at a time of HUGE profitability. They certainly shouldn't be coming down to our level. They should be increasing the scope restrictions. There is a reason why management agreed to the pay raises, because they already have a plan. Maybe the conversation should be, "since we're taking a haircut on profit sharing, we want stricter scope language"?
As for the regional scope, they are just helping out their regional partners. Lowering the amount of regional airplanes by such a modest amount is going to happen anyway because their regional partners are having difficulty filling classes. I would like to see deeper cuts in regional airplanes and no more 76 seat airplanes.
They're also losing valuable work rules. Removing trips from the trip pool because IOE. So that the Company doesn't have to buy off pilots to use their trip for OE. Only modest increases in training pay and vacation pay.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that there is still a lot work that can be done to benefit their pilots and our industry. I hope that they vote it down and go back into Section 6. It's not like they have a bad CBA, and I believe that this TA could potentially be worse than the deal that they currently have. Just my $0.02!