Originally Posted by
Free Bird
Great point that imo is the feeling of many Delta pilots. There IS money out there.
Millions will go to Delta execs this year
Hundreds of Millions offered to JAL
Millions spent purchasing hundreds of RJ's to OUTSOURCE our jobs since BK.
Bottom line is that most Delta pilots feel that is some low hanging fruit to be had.
There is a ton of low hanging fruit. There is some higher up in the tree to that we should go after.
Lets not mince what I am trying to say.
Point to my rant is that if you think that JAL is not a good deal for us, then you are mistaken. Securing this deal gets you closer to our goals than doing everything we can to prevent it.
I am still the guy that wants to keep DALPA and the company accountable. I am just siding with the need to make this deal happen. Not at any cost, but more a long the lines that we do not need to work at preventing it.
Our raise costs the company 90 million this year. We have a large multiplier. Our overall costs are exasperated by our size. That is the truth.
I personally feel that we could rework section 23 and help three out right now but like I have said many do not want to open section 6.
People need to realize that we are not going to get what we want if we do not see a modification of this business model. It will not survive till 2015 if changes are not made.
I could get it to our seat pricing modeling etc, but it really does not matter. We need to be able to carry passengers at a set margin with the capacity we have. Until then we will continue to dump seats at the last minute.