Originally Posted by
Professor
I owe everyone more JV stuff, but simply put this is not a decrease in current JV flying nor should we see any ill effects from this language in the future. I'll cover this later, really.
Incorrect. They were 1.5% below the bare minimum when we settled the grievance for about $2,300 per pilot. The settlement language contained NO NEW CHANGES. This TA converts EASK's to block hours THEN reduces it even further. The result is an instant cure of the old 1.5% loss of those Delta pilot jobs and SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS for an ADDITIONAL (approx) 1% reduction in case management needs it.
But it gets worse. The change from EASK's to block hours ALLOWS the company to drastically down-gauge to smaller (lower paying) aircraft while shifting those extra DELTA PASSENGERS to a JV partner...and be in full compliance with the contract.
Read the language folks. It's all there.
Carl