Originally Posted by
slowplay
Help me out if I'm wrong here, but I thought that your management, prior to any merger announcement, stated that domestic capacity was going to be pulled down an additional 5% this fall, including 10 additional DC9's being parked. There were additional A319/320 and 757 included to reach 15-20 jets, with no growth aircraft backfilling.
Note also the proffering of leaves for NWA domestic pilots during the summer schedule. Delta is at the contractual max for pilots right now.
Delta announced parking 15-20 jets (88, 757, 767 domestic) while taking delivery of 22 international jets during the same time period.
In those numbers lies the difference, and the location of the problem. We aren't merged airlines yet.
These are questions with no political overtones...has your MEC stated that as a goal/gameplan? How many Compass pilots have flow-thru rights? How does that affect the Mesaba/Pinnacle guys?
the posturing of fleets right now is for the merger and the future DAL. IMHO
As far as compass, it has been rumored and talked about from some of the union guys i have spoken with. Will it happen, who knows? All Compass pilots have flow through rights after 30 months and flowbacks can occupy 90% of the Compass list in the event of furloughs. Pinnacle isnt effected at all as its not a wholly owned and doesnt have a flow through. Mesaba does have flow through rights but that agreement is much more conservative in how it works. Its 1 for 1 based on flow up/flow back.