Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
Absolutely not, that is impossible. We have already facilitated one merger (DAL/NWA), the Delta MEC is assisting in any way possible with the current DCI mergers, and, in my opinion, we should find a way to facilitate a corporate merger with the DCI carriers. Since there is no chance that the limits on larger RJ flying will be modified in our next contract (my opinion, I have no say other than 1 vote), then management will have to come up with plan B. Helping them execute Plan B will accelerate our ultimate goal of reducing outsourcing, and could provide further cost savings for the company which we should take a cut from, just like our last merger.
Is it impossible? Can we not write the contracts in such a way that mandates that Delta crews operate the jets, regardless of who owns them? RAH has shown that members of one list can operate over multiple certificates. Management wants to offload the debt of new a/c, we want to perform that flying. It seems that smart people could come up with a mutually beneficial way of doing that.