Originally Posted by
weekendflyer
Im sorry what law school did you go to?
You do realize this flow is tied to an agreement (LOA 9) that was made between Delta and DALPA right? Any change to our PWA has to been agreed upon by our union and mostly likely sent to a vote.
If Delta decides to bypass all that, which they mostly likely will, then it will go to arbitration and Delta will lose.
Time to think like a lawyer and a judge, not a pilot.
from your LOA, that DALPA agreed to:
In the event the hiring or flow provisions of NWA LOA 2006-10 or LOA #9 cease to be available, either at the feeder carrier affiliate referenced in such LOAs or at another carrier, the number of permitted 76-seat aircraft in Section 1 B. 47. e. will be reduced by 35
Now, I’m not saying who will win this battle, but that little phrase slipped into this agreement makes DALPAs case quite a bit harder to argue. The best scenario is for DALPA to negotiate a deal before this goes to arbitration and get something as good as possible out of it. We all know you don’t want the 35rjs (back), but this isn’t anything “new” for scope. It’s not 35 MORE rjs, it’s 35 back.
Also, as many others have said, 9E pilots aren’t the enemy here. We didn’t tie this to scope at all. In fact, nothing in our agreement mentions scope. That is between DL and DALPA. DL simply wants those planes back. If DALPA had a better solution for DL that accomplishes them getting the RJs, DL would kick out flow to the curb and take a different deal. But DL sees this as the way to get the 35 flying again fastest. Don’t be mad at 9E.