Originally Posted by
johnso29
Dear FTB,
Because of this picture not only do I have a little captain in me, but so does my iPhone. Thanks for helping to short out my phone.
Sincerely,
Johnso29
I feel as if my job is done, you can't see it but I'm taking a bow.
Originally Posted by
Schwanker
I Wonder how much truth is behind this one:
Air France, Japan Airlines study jv -paper
Originally Posted by
Superpilot92
The reason WHY is because SCOPE was relaxed to allow those jobs! Get the flying in house and you can work to improve the pay and ensure all planes are flown by Delta pilots. Once scope allows the planes to go else where we dont have control on the rates and thus just enabled more reasons to not give us payraises.
SCOPE line must be drawn and a permanent cap must be put in place unless we can regain some flying. In which case we get that flying back and still put a permanent cap on RJs.
DELTA PAINT = DELTA PILOTS!!!
I agree, I just would like to find a way to miake scope too expensive. Its naturally happening with 50 seaters and some of the airlines where longevity costs are getting high. And we need to help end the whipsaw. Money is everything and the second DAL can't justify the cost the second we won't need to negotiate a cap. The planes will be parked and the flying transferred and there will be no desire to fight to erode the scope.
And we need to make sure this happens on the top end. People who are living on this seniority list because they want to fly the 777 and 744 are kidding themselves to believe we won't have scope issues on the top end equipment too.
Originally Posted by
DeadHead
As pilots, our responsibilities, in a nutshell, are from getting the metal moved safely from "A" to "B".
As Management, the responsibilities, or goals, are running an efficient business mo]=\]el while maximizing profits.
Management doesn't care HOW we, as pilots, accomplish our responsibilities, they just want it done. Speaking for myself, I really don't care about the de=tails, nor am I interested in, how the management steers the company onto a successful course. I just want to see the company succeed, for obvious reasons.
That being said, I don't think we should sit down at the bargaining table with the mindset of preventing the company from losing money. Our concerns are to improve salaries, QOL, and work rules while the concern of management is to save a few bucks on labor. Make no mistake about it, pilot labor is just another cost to management, nothing more, nothing less. Management executives are professional negotiators who manipulate people and redirect deals on a day to day basis. They will say what they need to say and do what they need to do to save money and procure a stronger profit. When pilots sit at the bargaining table, across from management, the expectations should be clear-cut, direct, well thought through, and by all means NOT the final offer.
When you buy a car, do you really care about how much profit the car salesman will make?
Don't be a cost, be an asset. If they say "can we afford them?" then make sure the answer is "you can't afford not to."