Originally Posted by
Green Needles
The real liability is having a bunch of guys that were turned down by Delta still flying at an airline wholly owned by Delta. If, God forbid, we have a crash, imagine how that will play out in the media circus and court of public opinion. What do you mean Delta turned those pilots down because they failed a job knowledge/cognitive screen/psych test? That would be a PR nightmare for the ATL overlords.
Hopefully the other AA WOs follow PSAs lead. Hopefully they exceed our rates and our recruiters struggle. Then DAL might throw another carrot (banana?) our way. Until then, Jeep making your podium announcements and wear that hat. Oh yeah, latency too!
There is no additional liability that isn't already there by us being a wholly owned. Insurance will be forced to pay out the same, whether the pilot interviewed or not.
The flip side of having a screening process, is that if Delta gets aggressive during probation, many pilots that would not have passed the screening process would probably find themselves on the street.
Flow is something that has to be gifted to us by the mainline pilot union, it's totally up to them. The AA wholly owned flow dates back to 1993, when the national mediation board denied the APA forced stapling of the "Eagles".