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I never made the case that operational improvements merited any "NREV super seniority", so I'm not sure where you're getting that from.Originally Posted by Cogf16
Jumping in here late, but these "operational improvements" you speak of. what metrics are you using and if they do exist, you think they merit this "NREV super seniority"?
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It costs Delta more money when a working regional pilot and his family can't get somewhere versus any retiree. One of the many consequences of selling scope. Those 30+ year retirees will have to live with their choices. Originally Posted by Cogf16
MAYBE, maybe, I'd support the pilot going to work having an S3A but no one else. 30+ years at Delta and then get bumped by the spouse and children of a 2 year regional employee? Totally unacceptable.
Wholly-owned employees getting to work is important, I'm sure everyone can agree. I would toss in for discussion the fact that a working crew member has a much more limited schedule to use those benefits with family. Also, flight benefits aren't always used for vacations. For example, 9E pilot may have to send the kids to Grandma's while he's gone flying Delta passengers around for 5 days and the wife is on a business trip. My assumption is that retirees don't have those kinds of constraints. What does it cost Delta when those kids get bumped and the 9E pilot has to stay home?
I'm not saying that current and retired Delta employees should care about the plights of current WO crews and their families... Just listing some reasons why it might make business sense to allow working WO crews to share their priority with their kids/spouse.