Originally Posted by
sailingfun
It would be great if they kept them. Sadly if you run even basic fuel numbers reality shows up in a hurry
Really? Since you've run the numbers, care to post them here? And be sure you run the numbers on total cost of ownership given that they are paid for. Or...maybe you didn't run THOSE numbers.
Originally Posted by
sailingfun
The question for the union is how do we capture the follow on flying as the nines go away at the mainline. I am sure management wants that flying at Compass or another connection carrier. We have to fight to secure the replacement flying at the mainline. Its one of the reasons that a joint contract is going to take longer then most think!
Why should that issue make negotiations take longer than last time? DAL folks (especially you) have done nothing but wave the bloody shirt of DC-9 retirements from day 1, yet last time DALPA and NWALPA negotiated a joint agreement (minus SLI) in less than a week.
Carl