Originally Posted by
Gone Flying
can't speak for YX but OO has such a small % of lifers I think they could be outweighed by more junior pilots if delta ties a flow down to DGI style interview in seniority order. I would guess about 10-15% of their pilots are lifers and the rest are trying to leave one way or another.
or DL could tie those 76 seaters to whatever company accepts it
or just accept 35 fewer RJs for the foreseeable future. (this one seems likely given their attitude toward growing flights recently)
as for the LOA, if it dies then so do those 35 175s
OO management injecting 500 DL pilots into the top of the list is a great way to vote a union in. High risk for low reward.
DAL and DALPA renegotiating the LOA presents less problems. All under the assumption that DALPA changes DALs interpretation of said LOA.
If the LOA dies, those 175s are old and tired anyway.