Originally Posted by
RichieAshburn
Your pilot group negotiating better pay from YOUR company is not the same as you guys demanding a privilege from MY company.
And yes, it is a privilege. Not a benefit, not a right, not part of the compensation package. My company can change your travel privileges any time they see fit(as they can with mainline also).
It may be a privilege for you, but for a DAL pilot, travel benefits are a contractual right. From the Delta PWA Section 24:
L. Free and Reduced Rate Transportation
1. Free and reduced rate transportation privileges granted by Company policy to noncontract personnel now or in the future, will be extended to pilots.
2. There will be no substantial reduction in on-line transportation privileges as a whole, for pilots during the term of this PWA.
I guess Comair pilots should have had a similar clause in THEIR contract.
PG