Originally Posted by flyallnite (Post 1555172)

I think it was a huge scam that we (and all other employees) got hoodwinked (well, the other emp's didn't have a union) into giving up profit sharing for 'raises'. Our health care costs go up every year, as does cost of living. It's water under the bridge, but you can bet that the company will pull the same stunt in 2015, since it worked so well on us in 2012. IE; pay for your own 'raise'. Just my opinion.

I am so far impressed that the union seems to be taking a harder line with the company. Not necessarily one that is confrontational, but one that recognizes that in a negotiation, if one party comes away feeling ripped off it's not a good thing. Food for thought: How much has executive compensation increased at DL since bankruptcy?

More food for thought: We are industry leading as a company in every metric. As pilots, we must lead the industry in compensation-in every metric. As much as it would be nice to rest on the laurels of others accomplishments, we need to be at the bleeding edge. That's our lot.

Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 1555221)

If we are only keeping the 80-90 757s and those that we are keeping are going to be going to a mod line it seems to me the 757/767 category should be ready for massive displacements.

Originally Posted by GogglesPisano (Post 1555236)

Is it me or did the music come to a screeching halt at on point? :eek:


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Originally Posted by PilotFrog (Post 1555221)

If we are only keeping the 80-90 757s and those that we are keeping are going to be going to a mod line it seems to me the 757/767 category should be ready for massive displacements.

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 1555295)

They are posting a bid for 50 additional FO's in early Feb. There will be little or no displacements in the category in the future. Pilots will however not be replaced as they bid off. This has been known for at least 3 years. The good news is that they are retiring the aircraft slower then originally planned and the retirements of the modified aircraft will not be until after 2020. Before the mods were announced they were going to keep retiring 757's every year. Overall the fleet changes announced are great news.
The plan when we signed the current contract had us increasing the fleet to 796 aircraft or a gain of 80 or so airframes net. It now looks like we will have 240 additional airframes and only 75 or so retirements. That is a nice change in the right direction.

Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 1555209)

Not sure. They just publicly released that they'll upgrade all 69 320s. I've been wondering if RNP certification and a life extension program may have been worked into the 321/330 deal.

Originally Posted by DeadHead (Post 1555301)

Sailing,

Any word or idea of where the 50 76 FO bids will be based?
I'm thinking NYC and ATL, but that's just a guess.

Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 1555228)

If ALPA EF&A is the best there is, then DALPA knew exactly what the cost/value of the trade was. So, let's be clear, there was a trade of profit sharing for COLA. Why? I don't know. Why would anyone trade anything for COLA?