Originally Posted by
Litercola
Been here 2x years/35 years old. Obviously scope has big impact on people like me.... It seems crystal clear to me the company is going to immediately drop to 46.5% right off that bat.... It's been said that a 2% reduction = 1 daily RT PER DAY... That seems like a lot of flying to me. Does anyone have the data to convert "2%" into an actual number of left and right seat WB jobs? Those actual numbers may resonate/paint a better picture. Thanks.
Bucking bar points out some of the reasons the company was out of compliance. In addition we lost several high EASK flights for reasons beyond the control of Delta or AF. Kiev, Amman, Cairo, Istanbul were lost to wars, revolutions and terrorism.
Despite all that the company is on track to meet the 48.5% minimum in the current contract. Keep in mind that in terms of actual flying that gives us 55% of the block hours.
If I were a pilot with two years at Delta I would be far more concerned with the fact we have virtually no narrow body protections. We had a opportunity to make some solid gains however the union got cowed by social media and let that slip through their fingers. They felt and correctly so that the pilot group would perceive it as a loss. As the maddogs age combined with another economic downturn we may find we really rue that choice.