Originally Posted by
Selcall
Delta will have plenty of advance notice to any work action and be able to initially put one MD-88, DC-9, Airbus on any route you fly. Remember it's their route anyway that you are flying on their flight number so the argument for struck work does not apply. Then if you ever get released all they have to do is keep that flight and change the equipment to a larger airplane to maintain a level of adequate service. Not included ASA and all the other guys flying routes that will not be considered struck work.
Actually, all of that would be considered struck work. Before a strike, an MEC votes to set a date and implement a struck work policy. On the date that is set, a snapshot is taken of all routes that the carrier operates, including frequency and gauge (aircraft size). If, after the strike, any carrier increases its frequency or gauge on the routes that the striking carrier operated, then it is considered struck work. That is why MECs set up strike centers with a call bank. The call bank is used so pilots from other carriers can call in and see if the flight they are operating is struck work. At PCL we were given a number just prior to the Mesaba strike, if you remember, and we were supposed to call in to see if a flight we were operating was on our schedule prior to the cutoff date. If it wasn't, you were supposed to refuse it on the basis of struck work. Mesaba never got to a strike, but the system was in place, and all MECs were notified of the struck work policy well in advance.