Originally Posted by Scoop
This is one of the problems - airplanes. Just today it was announced that the 787 got delayed again. NW is shrinking, DAL is stagnent (parking some jets, but orders coming in as we speak to cancel this out). Where are all the DC-9 FO's going to go when they are parked? They will bump DAL FO's. NW has stopped hiring, is receiving no aircraft, and is parking aircraft. Yes there will be retirements and aircraft in the future but how many and when? Today NW is shrinking and DAL is not. DAL will also have more aircraft orders and pilot retirements in the future.

Originally posted by superpilot
So its ok to talk about your future business model but its not ok to talk about ours? Look at what you typed.

I am looking at it - did you?

I personally do not like the idea of a seperate contract for DAL but from what I have heard from the MEC - the DAL pilots have been very reasonable so far and the NW MEC from the start has been very aggresive in its demands. I just hope we can work this out instead of being forced into a shotgun marriage type of agreement.
Scoop


Originally posted by superpilot
It always make me giggle that you DAL guys always leave out the part about you parking planes and that the md80s are just as at risk as our dc9s.


Super,
I guess you must have missed that part - I bolded it for you. I guess you also missed the part where I said there will be NW pilot retirements and aircraft orders in the future. The point is that it won't do the junior DAL FO's any good when they are furloughed to make room for displaced DC-9 FO's while we are all waiting for the 787 to be delivered. You guys are counting on an aircraft that has to fly and equating it equally to the 777's and 737's we are currently receiving. I repeat - I hope this can be worked out harmoniously between both MEC's or else it will be like the Hatfield's and McCoy's (or USAIR) in a few years at DAL.
Scoop