Originally Posted by
KC10 FATboy
Why did our MEC on 30 July direct the Negotiating Committee to extend negotiations in order to reach long-term flow through agreements with Meseba and Compass?
Why does our MEC think this is a good thing?
They are also looking to sunset them so you wont have to deal with it too much longer.
I think your looking at these flows all wrong. They were a benefit to your pilot group over the last couple years as a huge deterrent to not furlough. That benefit may be gone now as delta will not have to shoulder the cost but it did exist last year.
Dont forget the value of keeping our pilot groups interest aligned as well.(Something ALPA has been looking for) What benefits the delta pilot group ultimatley benefits the compass group. Think help in holding the line on scope. When there was breifly rumors about delta ordering 190's and putting them on the compass certificate I can assure you I never met 1 compass pilot who was excited about it. Now can you say the same for say the comair group?
Originally Posted by
TurboMD88
Why in the world would we want a flow through agreement? What advantage is there really for a mainline pilot to be able to flow down? After all didnt we join a major to fly big airplanes?
Just a thought...
That is exactly the attitude that allowed these "small jets" to be outsourced in the first place. Some of your pilot group already decided to flow down to compass. It was most definatley an advantage to these guys and Im sure if the situation ever arose again there would be guys who would take the job at compass again. Maybe not you but if delta ever furloughed a couple hundred guys im sure every captain position at compass would be filled by a delta furloughee.