Originally Posted by
Mesabah
ASA, and Comair were involved in a legal dispute over scope/merger/RJDC etc. Delta private jet pilots are not associated with Delta or the wholly owned company, however, they do have a Delta interview program after 2 years. endeavor pilots are an actual sub-group of Delta, we are not Delta PWA seniority list pilots. Our relationship to you is the same as your mechanics/dispatchers. In fact, as soon as Delta is fully setup up for the MRO program, they will separate tech ops into a wholly-owned for legal/COI reasons.
Before you get too worked up into explanations, I'm prior 9E. As far as sub-groups of delta go, I don't see how DPJ differs as they are a wholly owned subsidiary just like Endeavor. I believe that legal rights of each would be the same. And I still do not believe there is a legal requirement that every employee that wishes to apply for a position must be granted an interview before outside hiring, they just can't be restricted from applying.
As far as TechOps goes, there are mainline mechanics and DGS mechanics. TechOps already does engine work and a lot of outsourced maintenance for various entities. DGS is a catchall that has employees doing just about everything, the employees working Trainer refinery (the oil refinery in PA) are DGS. Even if they wanted to separate liability, it wouldn't require any major change at TechOps externally since in different areas there are already mainline and DGS mechanics working.