Originally Posted by
BtoA
No, I'm not uninformed. What you describe is still a violation of our contract. If you enter into a deal with JV partners and your contracted employees, it is on you to make sure you can meet your obligations. Having a 'rogue' JV partner add airplanes to the routes does not relieve them of the obligation to meet the contractual obligations they entered into with us.
... We have not been paid an adequate grievance for the violation. You cannot tell me how many jobs we did not gain because somebody's A380 was flying across the water without our pilots on board.
Agreed with two of your three points. The company violated the contract and the compromise settlement was just that, a "compromise settlement." There was a significant risk of the adjudication being less, even zero. For the company there was a risk of the adjudication being more. It was a compromise and that compromise was the largest scope grievance settlement in history.
Contract Admin published a great deal of data on the effect on jobs, which if the company had hired for those positions was 60 positions made up of 20 Captains and 40 First Officers.
We still have the 48.5% measurement metric which now triggers a new Global BH protection which is 75,000 Widebody BH more than what is currently protected by the Virgin agreement (although that agreement measures in ASK, not BH).
You are right on a great many of your points. I would just encourage you to make your best case and not dilute your message with hyperbole and exaggeration. The data is there to support you and your support for good scope is appreciated by all Delta pilots.