Originally Posted by
DALMECVolunteer
The proposed TA also gives us a 650,000 block hour floor that would require flying to be shifted to other trans Oceanic theaters in order to keep jobs the same.
Please read the NNP 17-17 on scope and decide for yourself. More information will be released on scope in the coming weeks as well, if the AIP is sent on for MEMRAT.
DELTA MEC Communications Committee Volunteers
Which means, we are willing to let them keep the block hours at a level from years ago while the company has added thousands of pilots and a ton of NB flying. So, don't look at it as losing any WB flying. Think of it as losing a percentage of WB jobs at this airline. If our partners grow even more, our percentage could just keep dropping and dropping, but we will stay at 650,000 block hours, so no big deal right?
Well, that is no big deal unless you care about the contract the company made with us when they implemented the JV. And it is no big deal unless you actually think that Delta should not outsource the wide body flying to our JV partners while we keep the same block hours that we have been flying. That is the exact reason why the agreement is done in percentages. We do not want them to grow their flying while we stay the same. We do not want to make our JV partners the source of Atlantic flying while we shift to Pacific with no growth.
SCOPE IS VERY IMPORTANT. This is a HUGE loss for us! It is being sold to us as a win. IT IS NOT!