Originally Posted by
ERflyer
Agreed. Just read the MEC Chairman’s letter and he made it very clear that regarding ERP’s, “ ... Delta has not shown a willingness to discuss such programs with ALPA.” If there is an ERP it’ll be most likely something like the other employees are getting. The company wants shared pain. “Shared pain” is a phrase they have used repeatedly. So far it mean no SILs, unpaid leaves, no
pilot ERP. As events unfold everyone will see the rest of what “shared pain” is.
So let me get this straight...in lieu of Delta saving money by having pilots sit at home getting paid 50 hours, they are going to have them sit at home and get paid min guarantee? They do realize that the total pilots costs are going to be lower with SILs and without them will be higher, right? At United we took a bunch of them in April, but in May we took far less. Guys have figured out they can just sit home on reserve and not fly and just make 73 hours each month. I don’t understand Delta not offering SILs.