Originally Posted by
PCL_128
That's a great talking point, but the question is "how?" Delta management finds these deals with regional carriers to be great business arrangements. Why would they negotiate away their ability to outsource? Under the law, scope is a permissive subject of bargaining. That means that management doesn't have to bargain over it unless they want to, and the NMB isn't permitted to release you to strike over it. That's the law. So, how do you bring management to the table to bargain over eliminating their outsourcing flexibility? Since they aren't required to even talk about it, you'll have to offer them something that they deem of value in order to get them to agree. That means your dreams of "full restoration" of your pay rates would probably have to go. Are you willing to make that trade to recapture your flying? If not, what is your plan to accomplish your goal? I'd love to hear your ideas, rather than just talking points.
Your whole premise is wrong. Outsourcing is not a great business deal. It has been a huge mistake. And while it may have saved some costs on paper, there's no telling how many customers we've run off and what that has cost us in revenue and potential revenue. And then there's the whole safety issue as we've discussed before.
And for the record... I haven't read any of that on some sheet of talking points. Those are my thoughts based on my experiences and knowledge of business and aviation. I stand by what I said.