Originally Posted by
Guppydriver95
Ive read in multiple threads the reason DAL mgmt is a hard no on first class DH is because they would have to give it to the FA’s as well. They don’t have it for our FA’s at United, and somehow the operation keeps running. Different work groups have different pay, benefits, work rules etc. The FA group need only compare themselves to other FA groups in the industry. What pilots get is irrelevant. Again, it’s just management blah blah.
Not arguing against FC DH (though I think FC DH is a waste), but your FAs are union, no? Ours are not and Delta is scared to death of more unions coming on property. To the company, pilots getting FC DH, means the FAs will go nuts and likely push them toward unionization. We've seen this in action where they took some profit sharing away from everyone but pilots and gave them a small raise. Then when everyone saw the pilots PS checks, they lost their minds, so they got the PS back AND kept their pay raises. I mean, we leave rows of seats open (even leaving non-revs) because the FAs think the need turbulence seats. The company let's it happen for a reason...
So in general, I agree with you on this, but in practice, things aren't that simple.