Originally Posted by
VoiceOfReason
Nope, union drove next to nothing into the decision. RG (before he left) and the VP of HR were the ones driving this, and finally got pushed over the goal line by our new CEO once he took the reins. I'm told the approval was a swift one from Ed once BL said it needed to happen, but took a while to get through with Delta HR and their 450K+ retirees.
Sometimes it's good to have friends in high places at DL. Next up, let's keep pushing for clarification on DGI!
Not exactly factually correct. About a year ago union leadership had been pushing the issue since the AA WOs had a much better pass travel system. RG was unaware and wanted some details so that he could push the issue with his counterparts at DL. So union leadership had quite a lot to do with this, though it was not specifically bargained for.
As far as DGI is concerned, the company knows it is not a program that attracts new hires so they probably won't invest a lot of time into "clarifying" it.