Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
02-16-2013 | 05:35 PM
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I guess we'll watch SWA - who pays a bunch of their guys the equivalent of that to fly a 737 - turn supernova.
I think you need to go back to your independant analysis.
Someone earlier said that our union politics would change when we hire more regional guys...Not if their frame of reference is "wow, this is so much better than my regional."
Unfortunately, when this contract got voted in, the Delta pilots said "yup, this is the new normal."
The regional guys, myself included, bring with us a healthy fear of bad decision making and awful management. We find a sustainable business model is much more pleasant to work under.
This was my first DAL contract. It was better than the previous. The new normal is a better contract every amendable date. Your normal is your fault. Not mine.
02-16-2013 | 05:38 PM
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They are much more efficient than the 50 seaters they are replacing and will be around for a much longer time. There has to be sunset provisions in the next contract...
02-16-2013 | 05:41 PM
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02-16-2013 | 05:42 PM
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The SWA pay scales are unsustainable if the economy drives ticket prices down again. They'll have a hard time raising the bar.
The regional guys, myself included, bring with us a healthy fear of bad decision making and awful management. We find a sustainable business model is much more pleasant to work under.
This was my first DAL contract. It was better than the previous. The new normal is a better contract every amendable date. Your normal is your fault. Not mine.
The regional guys, myself included, bring with us a healthy fear of bad decision making and awful management. We find a sustainable business model is much more pleasant to work under.
This was my first DAL contract. It was better than the previous. The new normal is a better contract every amendable date. Your normal is your fault. Not mine.
02-16-2013 | 05:42 PM
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So if we fly the jets, and increase the cost on them 25% per block hour, then any money you may have been making on an RJ just got blown out the tail pipe. So if Delta pays Pinnacle $750 per hour to operate a CRJ-900 but makes $800 in revenue from said product, where exactly do you think that $50 goes? Hint. Not to Pinnacle.
Are you suggesting that Delta could operate the aircraft more profitably than Pinnacle or GoJets?
Are you suggesting that Delta could operate the aircraft more profitably than Pinnacle or GoJets?
I already know that you can't write, but apparently you can't read either because I said nothing of being more profitable. I said that if Hulas can make money, you can too.
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And there's less of them. Sunset provisions would be good but with the impending regional beat down well in the works, would you rather have 4/8/3/3 or RJs? You know as well I do that the company wouldn't have done both. That's why absorption will work better than sunsets.
02-16-2013 | 05:44 PM
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And there's less of them. Sunset provisions would be good but with the impending regional beat down well in the works, would you rather have 4/8/3/3 or RJs? You know as well I do that the company wouldn't have done both. That's why absorption will work better than sunsets.
Who are we absorbing? Sunset provisions are absolutely crucial.
Maybe we should have held out for better.
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