Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
I’m browsing Delta and Southwest forum sections here. They sound p***ed. Delta schedules (narrowbody) have apparently gone down the drain, guys getting fatigued left and right, and now Delta is cancelling flights for July and August.
The contract problem will be solved relatively shortly here. Then what?
No matter how great a contract is, there'll always be loop holes to be exploited - on both sides. It seems like right now Delta is doing that to extract efficiencies, so if the GREAT schedules DL pilots have been used to, is now only SO-SO to GOOD, then of course they're gonna be p*s*ed about their deteriorating schedules.
Meanwhile, here at AS our schedules have gone from BAD to down right shiddy, so you're really making an apples to oranges comparison. The bottom line is that our contract is an embarrassment compared to Delta's.
To answer your question, I believe we are so far behind that the contract we settle on will be a good one, but will still have room for improvements. Therefore after the signing, the work continues.