Originally Posted by
RedeyeAV8r
We have something worse than RJ outsourcing.
We have "Wet leasing" and you can see White 747's, MD-11s and A300's on our ramps around the world carrying our freight using our call signs.
If you guys want to leave then leave. I was giving you a perspective from one one has been there and done that. The grass is not any greener.
Good Luck
How many jobs have you
lost because of wet lease? Delta itself was over 10000 pilots in 2001. Today with Northwest we are at 12000. Thousands less pilots at Mainline with the same amount of flying or more overall for Delta.
Real Lost Jobs for our group. We pay 1.95% to a national union that represents the pilots who have replaced the mainline pilot. Those pilots now outnumber us within our own union. This is a major conflict. I am sure FED EX came into ALPA for its own unique set of reasons. I think Delta Pilots and other major pilots will exit ALPA for its own set of reasons. Mainly related to scope and the conflict within our union.