Originally Posted by Lifeisgood
(Post 568729)
Joe,
Sorry I don't see it that way. The union is set up so that individual MEC's are working with their managements to raise/hold the bar. If yours stopped doing that - recall them and stop blaming Delta. The "union" as you call it it set up so that each pilot group does what is best for themselves....I assume you are a Delta pilot...You don't really care what happens to Midwest, ASA, CMR, or Compass pilots.....You care about what happens to Delta....Just admit it..... |
Originally Posted by Joemerchant
(Post 568730)
Actually my pay has increased every year for the past 15 years...How about yours?
Originally Posted by Joemerchant
(Post 568730)
I assume you are a Delta pilot...You don't really care what happens to Midwest, ASA, CMR, or Compass pilots.....You care about what happens to Delta....Just admit it...
If you cared about any other airline or our profession, you wouldn't have continued to prove for the last 15 years, the favorite axiom of management: "Pilots are a dime a dozen." Carl |
As others pointed out, Delta hoped AirTran would shift its focus out of Atlanta.
NWA's contribution thwarted AirTran's pricey purchase and provided MidWest with valuable cash. It turned out to be a bad move. If AirTran had bought MidWest they would have run out of cash in the summer of 08 when their liquidity hit 500 million as the fuel market ran amok. With MidWest's fuel costs, outsourcing expenses and the expense of the acquisition and losses, AirTran would have gone far below zero. Maybe the lesson here is that outsourcing the majority of your brand is a money loser. Has any airline done well by outsourcing and paying for another airline's operation and profit? Joe brags about his earnings, while Delta employees have made great sacrifices to keep their company afloat. Since Delta is the only business justification for his ACMI provider's existence, maybe "thanks" would be more appropriate. |
Originally Posted by Joemerchant
(Post 568730)
The "union" as you call it it set up so that each pilot group does what is best for themselves....I assume you are a Delta pilot...You don't really care what happens to Midwest, ASA, CMR, or Compass pilots.....You care about what happens to Delta....Just admit it.....
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Originally Posted by Joemerchant
(Post 568680)
DALPA doesn't care about any other pilot group...They don't care about Midwest, and they didn't care about ASA or CMR....They only care about themselves....
When Delta was getting rid of fleet types (727s and 737-200s) there was not battle cry from any of the DCI MECs that "we won't fly work formally flown by mainline while they remain on the street". So yes, you very eloquently prove that each MEC cares about itself. Which is the way it should be. Think of the NFL and your favorite team. Each team comprises the league and cares about what happens to the other teams. But how often will a team sacrifice a win to another team on the road to the Superbowl? |
Excellent posts...
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
(Post 568886)
Excellent posts...
I agree. Joethemerchant being hypocritical as usual. |
Originally Posted by Bucking Bar
(Post 568816)
Joe brags about...
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Have you written your reps today???
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Originally Posted by Joemerchant
(Post 568720)
You are absolutely correct that is the way this union is set up....It proves that we aren't a true "brotherhood"....We are all looking out for number one....and that ain't you....
Go back and read what Ernie Gann wrote about DAL 60+ years ago...pretty much sums it up today as well. It'll be interesting when they start "educating" the older Cobra's about how the world is shaped. Even better when they mouth off about the relative insignificance of a strikers "battle star." |
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