Originally Posted by
thrust
Unless something changed or was said recently, there isn’t a link because that’s not what was said.
Isom tap danced around the topic of the Delta AIP at one of the company propaganda events. Then a “Senior Vice President of Flight Operations and IOC” (translation: his opinion doesn’t really matter, and he’s a known pilot hater) supposedly told some pilots at that FAA-mandated industry-wide “be professional” class that the Delta AIP is lucrative for AA pilots but not to expect a penny more. What would you expect them to say?
Anyone who thinks Isom will offer anything beyond an exact match of Delta rates and Delta rates only is delusional. He’ll ask for concessions and provide essentially zero QoL gains. He’ll release that proposal directly to the pilots and media, attempting to go around APA, with hollow threats of parking widebodies (that’s a sure way for him to get fired) and a deadline to approve it or it’s gone. It’s directly from his union busting playbook.
It’s up to the APA BoD/NC to get QoL work rule improvements, and the membership to vote it down if it’s not at least to the level of the Delta AIP.
Yeah but Isom’s goal is to delay as long as possible. The longer the company delays the more money they save. Think about it, more and more senior people retire everyday. When new pay rates eventually come it will be cheaper if it’s all delayed because a lot of the senior higher paid pilots will be already gone. Some bean counter somewhere probably has done the math and has a graph that shows how much money they save the longer they delay with the higher paid pilots gone.
Besides, the company has no reason to rush anything other than getting some PR. The airline still runs whether the pilots have a new contract or not and new hire pilot classes are still being filled.
Yes, everyone wants a huge QOL win and Delta’s new pay rates, but I don’t see either happening anytime soon.