Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1301814)

... and it is not just gates. The contracts require Delta staffing (not outsourced). Part of our problem in Dallas is that an Alaska jet pulls a majority of Delta's employees off Delta equipment.

Originally Posted by Bucking Bar (Post 1301814)

... and it is not just gates. The contracts require Delta staffing (not outsourced). Part of our problem in Dallas is that an Alaska jet pulls a majority of Delta's employees off Delta equipment.

Originally Posted by gloopy (Post 1301789)

...then we need to go to Japan and tell them to let us into HND big time and we will cut KA off at the knees. I think the Japanese would gladly play ball with us if it meant isolating KA back to third tier irrelevance.

Originally Posted by Sink r8 (Post 1301923)

Gloopy,

Is this an excerpt from a letter to Santa? The Japanese likely want JAL and ANA to succeed first, and their partners come as a distant second. I suspect they want us out of Japan altogether.

Originally Posted by ilinipilot (Post 1301728)

That is the problem we have. All our (super most lucrative) wide-body flying is being slowly reduced and our contract is not reflective of this new paradigm. Our contract and our expecations are of a narrow body pilot to wide-body fo to narrow body captain to wide body captain.
I believe the new reality is narrow body fo to semi wide body fo (767 300a330, 7674), to narrow body capt.
I believe our contract needs to reflect this new paradigm in two ways.

1. all wide bodyflying needs to be the paid the same rate 747, 777, a330, 764 7673 international. BUT it needs to be paid at the highest rate period. we cannot let ourselves be screwed in the game of musical joint venture a/c. Delta is taking advantage of this right now with our current structure and we are fools to think they will order big highest paying a/c when AF and everyone else has them. right now we are looking a future of no 747 as they are reduced and replaced with i assume 777300. Thus reducing the most lucrative paying positions. The same can be said for the 7674 as either it or the a330 is combined.
We need to demand all a/c above 7673 intl pay the same. If the company will not agree to it then we counter with a floor on the number od 747, 777 CA/FO positions. and if it drops below the current floor (as of today) that triggers all 7673 intl and above to be paid the highest 747 rate.

As a side note it has been mentioned a lot on this forum Ucal AA have much bigger higher paying fleets than we do.
2. also our narrow body rates need to go WAY up to reflect this future of fewer and fewer highest paying opportunities.

thanks for reading

Originally Posted by GunshipGuy (Post 1301994)

Am I the only one who really wants to see that video he shouldn't watch on the plane? If they put it as a stock vid on the phone I'll buy it tomorrow.