Originally Posted by
sailingfun
So give me a hint where Delta could fly international flights and meet as a example our minimum block hour requirements in the Pacific and actually generate revenue? Please also tell me with 90% of the worlds international travel shut down what you would consider a FM event? Maybe nuclear war that kills 90% of the worlds population?
I can tell you the union fully understands they will lose if they push the issue in arbitration. That’s why they have not even said boo about it. There will be a time as flying returns to start the discussion. The last thing the union wants now would be to push the issue and lose in arbitration. Much smarter to wait until there is actually flying to fight over. Life is hard, it’s harder when your stupid, you don’t want a stupid union.
I do not believe as far as furlough pay this is a FM situation. We would win that one at the system board and not even get to arbitration.
The short answer is we can't fly much of anywhere internationally - the optimal solution would be for ALPA to recognize that there just isn't any flying, suspend the JV balance until some travel metric is met in exchange for some improved balance in the future. I think if the union just gave them nothing there would be some howls of protests, and remember a LOA would likely need MEMRAT. That might not pass if it's just a give.