Originally Posted by
Drum
To your first. So what? You commute in to make your trip. Period.
I commute to a NE base. It's a pain, especially after we throttled the flights as result of C-19 and most of our rotations there on my equipment are uncommutable on the front and back end. Sometimes I leave a day or 2 early to insure I am in position for the start of the trip. That is my responsibility to my employer. I do have a commuter clause to avail myself to should SHTF, but rarely do I require that option (think I have used it once in 4 years).
If you can't be responsible to be in place for the start of your trip, maybe time to go do something else. Kicking our retirees in the back is not how this is solved. You being disciplined and professional is. If its on DAL metal, they should have S3A. Nothing less.
To your second statement. It has nothing to do with pass priority. A vindictive comment on your part.
I live in MSP and drive to work, I could care less about the commuter clause. But I’m telling you, the clause in the contract is the same Cadillac plan at 9E and just because you are St. Commuter and used it once in 4 years doesn’t mean the rest of the world is like you.
Again - DAL (your company and my parent company) got tired of paying for $3,000 tickets several times a day because the retirees (who no longer contribute to the bottom line) got on the 6am and DAL purchased tickets on the 8am.
You can call my comment vindictive if you want. If does not change the fact - this wouldn’t be an issue is the pilots hadn’t given up scope in the first place. You have two remedies. Waste capital on higher pass travel benefits to beat out S3A for retirees or fix section 1 of your PWA. I think section 1 solves more problems (how many hostages does DAL have?), but that’s your PWA, not mine.