Originally Posted by saturn

I agree. I have no issue settling this outside of section 6. Indeed we don't have any individual agreements with LATAM, Aeromexico, or Korean. We need bilateral agreements that make sure the flying between their nations and ours is equitable. I don’t advocate that if this deal isn't perfect, we should stand pat with our current Section 1. It just needs to sufficiently address the core issues. No different than UA saying they need more than 14% and a suitcase. We need JV equity that can't be circumnavigated.



And since you bring up leverage..I think Scope is an issue that contains considerable leverage. The execs have stated "our future is global" and that the goal is 50% of pax revenue to be international. Wall street is incentivized to grow that number with least amount of CapEX and operating costs possible. They desire as much be offloaded to partners as feasible. The message that Delta wants to outsource jobs resonates terribly to more than just pilots. Its negative PR for all other stakeholders (employees, community leaders, DOT, and generally our customers). For a company so highly protective of it's image to the customers, the government and non-unionized work groups.. this moves the needle.



Expand our team:

1. We start by outreaching and educating all employees at Delta and demand our leaders commit to equitable share of international. SM, Change.org style grassroots campaign.
   
2. We rachet up by picketing specifically for scope. Get media involved, write our civic leaders, lobby folks in DC and at DOT to require JV approval be term based, weighing impacts not just on American consumers but American workers [aleady started]. Make this a "Our Future Our Fight" style campaign.
   
3. We enlist Sara Nelson/AFA, IAM and others to outreach to workgroups with this specific greivance being an emphasized rally call.