Originally Posted by
keenster
Sat,
For what it is worth the north guys are all about scope in a huge way and that goes for the senior guys as well. I can not speak for the senior south guys but you can bank on the north guys to put up a fight for scope. It has been very high on the list in contract negoiations. Being here for 25 years I have seen a lot and am somewhat senior and I want the RJ'S gone and would like to see great scope clauses. I would be more careful about blanket statements about your senior guys....
Keenster - Sir, that is understood and appreciated. The North guys standing tough on keeping Compass in gives credibility to your position.
But, the scope NWA brought to the table had some serious problems, including the creation of Compass which was the direct outsourcing of DC9 jobs. Worse the scope provisions which forced outsourcing to non owned (
and mostly non ALPA) pilots. Also there is the issue of Alaska under a Delta Air Lines management team. Northwest liked doing its own flying. Delta has not indicated a lot of preference for who makes the widgets and if Alaska can back fill our 757's, they'll do it.
We have to be honest about the historical record and NWA ziplines touted NWA's leadership in getting credits for job security concessions over a year prior to bankruptcy. Respectfully, nobody's hands are clean. But all hands are needed to ensure we get this ship turned around.
Thank you for your support of job protection and scope.