Originally Posted by
Cruz5350
If there’s not an agreement in place by May 15 this whole quick short term contract is done imo. Those that magically think some close in slip is going to pay 300 or 400% is outer space dreaming, Delta will ride out another 3-4 months of paying 20 million or whatever the number is of M7 payments and be mostly ok by this winter. Im not saying the NC or us as a pilot group take whatever the company throws our way but this “leverage” is not as big as we think it is. I’d love to be wrong on this but I’m not so sure I will be.
Our coverage ladder combined with auto accept is what's causing the massive M7 costs. Hiring won't fix it, because WS and OOBWS come before reserves, so it doesn't matter how well staffed we are, an open trip has to make its way through however many people have auto accept WS in. That's a lot of time.
The only way they fix the M7 issue is with some kind of agreement with us. Better staffing could reduce open time a bit eventually, but then that creates coverage to allow drops, so it's kinda a wash there, and it won't affect close in drops and breaks at all.