Originally Posted by
Grumble
It’s literally a corner cut off the mattress by a few inches for aesthetics to conform to stairs leading up to the bunk, and it’s only one of them. Unless you’re 6’8”, and you rest your feet on the corners while you sleep, you’ll never even know. Technically the mattress width and height are well within guidance.
If you’re willing to snub an order of 100 wide bodies (SK words not mine) over something that stupid and trivial your priorities are screwed up. I’m not talking about a TI style fire sale of leverage the way he gave everything away for 6 years… but if you want something in return, it would be an all new fleet of modern wide bodies and the pay/QOL that comes with them.
Don't put words in my mouth. I never said we shouldn't get those aircraft. What I said was our UPA has protections that the DAL PWA does not and we shouldn't just give away relief for nothing. Also the 2014-2015 period when the CROC first objected to the crew rest facility was under Chairman Jay Heppner, not Chairman Todd Insler. Plus the video of two management pilots visiting the factory with the ALPA reps trying and struggling to get in and out of the bunk allegedly saying, "Oh, this is not going to work for our pilots" might play a factor as well.
Maybe some modifications have been made that has satisfied the parties involved. Other airlines are successfully flying the A350 many with much better crew reset facilities than what has been offered to DAL and UAL. I definitely want to see us take more WB aircraft. But after all the chest pounding in the last couple years about enforcing the contract, I'm not willing to just waive anything for expedience sake.