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1) What would you say, in general terms, is the goal of a Scope clause.
2) What is the difference between a passenger who buys a ticket that says "Delta" who flies on an Air France 747 versus one who flies on a Comair 50 seat RJ.....or one who flies on an Alaska 737 versus one who flies on a Shuttle America Ejet.
Two honest questions for you:
1) What would you say, in general terms, is the goal of a Scope clause.
2) What is the difference between a passenger who buys a ticket that says "Delta" who flies on an Air France 747 versus one who flies on a Comair 50 seat RJ.....or one who flies on an Alaska 737 versus one who flies on a Shuttle America Ejet.
1) What would you say, in general terms, is the goal of a Scope clause.
2) What is the difference between a passenger who buys a ticket that says "Delta" who flies on an Air France 747 versus one who flies on a Comair 50 seat RJ.....or one who flies on an Alaska 737 versus one who flies on a Shuttle America Ejet.
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i get it, i'm just pointing out that because something appears to be a "win" in seats cut may not be "win" at all. read- i dont want them to have the 717's it was only to prove a pointl. I'd rather keep the 76 seaters at 255 and cut the 50 seaters out, which will happen on its own. Management can have all the 76 seaters they want IF theres DAL pilots at the controls, so if they want more that bad then....
i get it, i'm just pointing out that because something appears to be a "win" in seats cut may not be "win" at all. read- i dont want them to have the 717's it was only to prove a pointl. I'd rather keep the 76 seaters at 255 and cut the 50 seaters out, which will happen on its own. Management can have all the 76 seaters they want IF theres DAL pilots at the controls, so if they want more that bad then....
Also, you should have heard the *****in' around here about getting part of our pay from profit sharing when the company was losing money. I think trading a small piece of the profit sharing for a guaranteed pay raise is a good trade.
Well, I'm not sure you get my point, because in answer to your original question, yes, if I could somehow use 717s to improve scope, I'd do it.
So let me answer my own questions (in a condescending and pontificating way ):
1) The purpose of our Scope clause should be to do everything to ensure that Delta pilots fly Delta passengers
2) From a Delta pilot's perspective, there is no difference between any of those passengers....they were all outsourced....don't care if it was on a big plane or a little plane. Either way, some of their ticket money went to somebody elses' pilot.
This Scope makes it harder for Delta management to outsource a passenger. There are simply fewer seats for them to stash passenger butts on. Further, for the first time, this Scope demands that Delta pilots must do a certain percentage of the flying....and as 76 seaters are added (even though overall seats decline) the amount of contractual flying that we demand actually increases.
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I agree, however if we "bought" about 2% of the payrates in this TA by reducing profit sharing then the real W2 increase is only 2/6.5/1/1. Does that really sound like we used any leverage in these expedited negotiations?
My abilities thus far has shown me a section 1 absolutely riddled with loopholes. Our union missed the RAH loophole and many others. Whom should one trust?
Vote how you like, but people like you who insult us by saying we obviously haven't read the language or haven't attended enough road shows, do not make yourselves more persuasive. It makes you sound like yet another ALPA shill. Food for thought.
Carl
I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall for this part. The only thing that really bugs me is how much money we may be leaving on the table
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I get that. All things being equal, it really is better to have the same amount of pay in your check no matter what than to have to rely on profits. But to have to "fund" 12/3/3 with a −2 to −3 loss in PS during times of record profits with more projected is a really odd way to buff that 12 number, which is arguably anemic to begin with.
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