Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Keep in mind that this entire discussion could open up a can of worms at some point that we really don't want to explore. If state laws fully apply to workers under the RLA they will argue that they have the right to tax those workers and move for a repeal of the federal law that overrides states abilities to level taxes on transportation workers.
The courts have already ruled at the federal level that a pilots domicile is his place of work and since the place of work not residence is the taxing authority for states for all other workers this could become a bad thing.
You think NYC is junior now wait to see the result when everyone based there has to pay NYC state and city taxes!!
That won't happen. Imagine if all the people living in Connecticut and working on Wall St. had to pay NYC taxes. Or all the people living in Virginia paying DC taxes. Not in a million years. Delta will have to deal with this at some point, however. Delta would have been better served in the last negotiations by trying to reduce the total sick hours we have rather than going the verification route.
This is coming. DL will have to negotiate with ALPA to mitigate the effects, otherwise they will take an enormous hit in productivity and employee cost. If I were ALPA, I'd be looking to trade the benefit for a pension, nothing less.