Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
Because s/he is an active employee of a different airline. S/he is not an employee of Delta. Otherwise s/he would be on the Delta Pilot Seniority List.
If you don’t believe a Delta Pilot retiree has an affiliation with DL then I don’t know what to tell you other than I believe you are wrong. If there was no affiliation then there would be no pass benefits etc.
Denny
Edit: I got no problem with EDV pilots using this to get to/from work. It’s the rest of it that bothers me.
sorry if my post was abrasive, I really did not mean it that way. I guess my point was an endeavor pilot is doing more to help delta today than a retiree (except maybe those that took an early out like you and COG, I would 1000% support keeping all VEOP participants on active pass travel until they turn 65) I have nothing against retirees, I just think given how integrated DL and 9E are that it should at least be acknowledged how they contribute to the operation, more than any other airline except mainline DL.
EDIT I said this earlier but I believe the best way to address this is by addressing section 1 of our contract, not trying to make pass travel part of our contract. But that is just my opinion.