Originally Posted by
slowplay
Don Quixote, didn't we go through this last year? And the year before?
Your base statement is wrong. There have been multiple economic analyses done. They've been done by ALPA E&FA, by the Collective Bargaining committee, and by an outside financial advisor. The data isn't public, as I'm sure that you'd prefer we not solidly make management's points for them. But you're flat out wrong.
You talk of job security. How many DCI pilots are on furlough? How many mainline pilots are on furlough? How many 76 seat jets can be added? How many greater than 50 seat jets can be added?
Can we put a permanent CAP on the number of current "RJ's? We're all just concerned about future negotiations and carrots being used to get us to give more scope away. The company needs a replacement for the DC-9s and eventually the -88's and we want to make sure that anything larger than the current "RJ's" are only flown here with Delta pilots at the controls. We need to put an official declaration put out by the MEC that SCOPE giveaways are done and are non-negotiable going forward. Do that and you wouldnt see so many people storming every time something like this pops up in the news. As far as the 50 seaters go, they're getting cut for the economics not because of our scope.