Originally Posted by
Schwanker
No Problem....shoot the messenger--same strategy as the White House. Concerns from those with a "fresh look" are being brushed aside. Mid level managers who also have these concerns are being replaced. It has nothing to do with avoiding change, it's about changing things for the better for the company and the pilots! If you prefer to needlessly **** away fuel and revenue because you are the survivor, have at it. I'd rather see additional profit margins and better compensation!
The DAL-S guys aren't knocking those with a "fresh look", it's that Delta, like any big company has lots and lots of computer systems that are very integrated. You can't just switch one part of the system and think everything else is going to work.
The software that us pilot use (Icrew, ACARS, whatever they use in scheduling, and TravelNet) is just a few of the *hundreds* in use at this company. We can't just unilaterally switch from one scheduling software to the other without making sure that it's cost effective, doesn't disrupt the operation and can still talk to all those other systems out there.
It doesn't work if they pick the ex-NWA ACARS system so that pilots can look up their commuter flight home if the engine parameters can't be automatically sent to the computer system that MX uses.