Originally Posted by
PT6flyer
I mean we can all sit around and pat ourselves on the back and say " we got them", or we can point out the weaknesses. I sure you that Delta has a legal team that spends big bucks going over this. Why are you guys so sure that this is a clear cut win for dalpa?
I feel that dalpa might win the violation, but an arbitrator might point to the fact that this deal was signed before in good faith so this deal will press on with Endeavor. The harm is now made whole. Delta needs these planes to recover, they are not profitable! By grounding these good money makers will shunt the airline and really profits. I would think delta pilots would almost agree to this. Since negotiations most likely are not going on, kicking this down the road might be in everyone best interest. If profits are made faster, section 6 negotiations can resume quicker.
Delta management set the precedence when they announced shutting down Compass in 2019 and did not pursue, with DALPA, a replacement agreement. They were not interested in a replacement agreement throughout 2020 when furlough was a viable threat being faced by a couple thousand pilots. They were not interested in a new agreement while they were operating those airplanes above the cap. They be only became interested in an effort to continue flying those planes above the PWA cap because the previous grievance shut them down. That’s why there is a kill clause on the flow tied to those planes. They still don’t want a flow, but see it as the only way to get those planes in the air in the near term. They can then be replaced by the additional 717s being pulled from the desert as mainline pilots are trained. They know they shouldn’t win, I won’t say can’t because arbitrators, but will take however many hours they can with those planes flying. Then when they are told to shut them down, they will drag their feet with all the excuses they can come up with.
As far as agreeing to something, it’s pretty hard when management didn’t even try to talk.