Originally Posted by
slowplay
If you guys want to be successful, tell your e-mail writers to ensure they stay fact based. Example: B737-900 ETOPS to Europe? Please. Also, if changing to block hours is a "land grab", what happens when Alitalia's EASK are pulled out of the JV next year versus what will happen under a block hour regimen? What happens as we add A330-300 to replace 7ER flying under the same premise?
Make sure they're prepared with facts as they grab the torches and pitchforks. JMO.
Slow, you do understand that the EASK is a MINIMUM, right? If we replace a 767 with an A330, we simply are operating more seats on DL metal, we move UP in the percentages, and by the way, the company has been BELOW THE CONTRACTUAL MINIMUM for the past 4 years!
There is NO downside to keeping our EASK language!
NONE!
Stop trying to spin it as if we have to maintain a 50% ratio, that is a MINIMUM. Heck, we could fly 100% of our JV EASK! There is NOTHING that says we can -only- fly 50%, except Richard wants us to fly as little as possible, witness the JV Grievance we just WON!