Superpilot92:
You do not know my scope position. I'm very concerned that the DAL MEC and DAL Management will end up running the show and IMHO, their management of scope has been negligent through the tenures of Giambusso, Malone and now Moak. They just don't get it and I'm not sure they even care. They only see Boeings.
I have written my Reps repeatedly on the subject and they have advised that Section 1 of the new PWA was to be a paste job. When I pointed out that the language was contradictory and had to be resolved, the subject changed to how smart the guys on the committee were - IMHO, they had no answer.
This is the problem i am seeing over and over in these discussions it seems that both MEC's are being coming up very short in the INFO department. Not only on this info but on on the deal in general. You guys seem to think we want to staple your guys and we are being told you guys want to staple us
Which is it? IMHO - there is a serious disconnect between what you guys are being told and what we are being told. I would love to see the "real" deal.
ALPA seems to be spinning the political machine to say scope does not matter because fuel prices make the RJ's less efficient on a CASM basis.
Scope is a HUGE issue regardless of fuel costs. I cant see how alpa is blowing off scope protection. The union guys i talk with are fully aware that scope is a huge issue and needs to be addressed. Is that point of view from the DALALPA? IF so you need to be getting EVERYONE to get on the ball and email them and tell them to stop allowing the OUTSOURCEING of our jobs!!! If you have yours or our EF&A analysis of the merger, you should see the numbers that indicate that ALPA is fully aware that the CASM on the DC9 is much worse than a CRJ200 and the CRJ700 even gives the MD88 a run for its money. These airplanes are a threat and unfortunately no one seems to be on top of the situation.
Even more, there is a pretty solid rumor that Comair is sold, contingent on a merger, with an award for more flying. In other words, Delta can get cash now for selling out some more flying, like they did for $425,000,000.00 on the sale of ASA to SkyWest. Delta would be plenty happy to get another half a billion of liquidity, get someone else to buy "obsolete" CRJ's and park DC9s and some 88's. You and I will not see that flying again until a next gen GTF 100 to 150 seat mini 787 hits the market.
Events have moved past the previous plan for the DC9's.
Source would be appreciated, so we can see what your talking about? We are now hearing fuel has rendered these jets uneconomical. Delta had to go back and re-work the plan. The rumor on this side and obliquely showing up in the press is that NWA management may have approached this deal without the DC9's, generating questions about the fragmentation language in the NWA contract. That should alarm you - it scares me and I'm on the other side of the fence.
You think I'm a cooaid drinker and I admit the stuff they serve at Delta is tasty. But for you and me, I would be much more comfortable if we could get a straight answer out of our Reps about where Section 1 was headed.
We are in 100% complete agreement on this and I am happy to see you come forward and acknowledge what i have been trying to say all along. We are both alpa so we are supposed to be on the same team. If this goes through we will also be co-workers and we should be working together on these issues instead of being DAL vs. NWA. Your and my jobs probably hang in the balance.