Originally Posted by sailingfun

If a junior pilot is concerned about scope he should be just as concerned or more concerned about work rules. The bulk of the job loss at Delta has come as a result of work rule changes that have the average pilot flying 25 percent more block hours then pre 2001. That combined with the loss of almost 1000 FE positions accounts for most of the lost jobs. We had just over 10000 pilots once. We got down to just under 7000 yet we were flying about the same number of pilot block hours system wide. The fastest way to more jobs is to fix the work rules.

Just make Vacation pay and credit and the company would have to post one of the largest Captains AE in history. Go back to a real monthly cap and your taking a AE of epic proportions.