Look the rotation via the flight time log in iCrew. The rotations under the monthly schedule get pulled down after 2 months or so

Your last sentence said it all--too true!

Thanks rahc

There has been a lot of "discussion" about wether Delta pilots would ever go on strike. I believe that the strike threat has been negated by the recent mergers. Does anyone think that any administration, either democratic or republican, would allow one of the 4 major airlines to go on strike for any extended length of time?

I bet the company would fear a near 100% strike vote from the pilot group almost as much as an actual strike.

Ok. Maybe not quite as much. But, a unified pilot group ready to take action? I know it's not something they would want.

Our early agreement last year probably helped them just as much as ALPA said it helped us. It avoided uncertainty and the bad publicity that sometimes comes with contract negotiations.

There were 55 made. I think Condor got some, as well as Arkia Israel Airlines.

Bad publicity is probably our biggest weapon short of a strike.

RA works hard to portray Delta as above the typical industry union fray.

He'd lose the high ground if it labor problems hit the news, social media, etc... Then Delta is just another slimy airline.

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That's an astute post. Analysts develop mathematical models to justify price targets. When the variable "labor cost" is unknown ....

This is the point I've made to my Reps in the past, "who would want to own the stock of a Company with labor problems?"

Of course one large group of Delta stock holders is Delta pilots.

As to the issue of a "strike vote," that's leverage in the hands of your negotiating committee. There is no reason not to vote to hand them the biggest tool in the box to leverage for you.

IMHO management has what they need and seeks to cancel "constructive engagement." I also hope ALPA is finished with scope sales. These forces appear to be coming together with the likely result that Contract 2015 will be a traditional, perhaps combative, labor negotiation.


My concern is how durable this little upturn we are currently "enjoying" will last. We are well positioned for openers. Management may see a benefit to dragging things out until the logical end of this business cycle.

Great analysis.

My question: Will DALPA have the stones to slug it out? Nothing I've seen indicates that ALPA's current leadership has the backbone to lead us through such an ordeal.

If memory serves correctly, dALPA leadership has been recalled.