I am at a loss here. Please tell me how DPA is a north south issue. I am a north guy and see this issue crystal clear in that I want a union that represents me, my pilot group, and protects my job to the max. Simply put ALPA has three Major carriers and 28 Regional carriers in their money pot. Where does the interest of ALPA lie????? Where does the interest of DPA lie???? Where does DAL ALPA dues money go?????? Where will DPA dues money go??????? How are these issues turned into north vs south????? Take your divisive spin somewhere else. I see the DPA issue as an effort to make the whole group better, even if it only gives ALPA a wake up call as to how poorly they are doing business. The real issue, CAN ALPA CHANGE AND SEVRE US BEST OR DO WE NEED AN IN-HOUSE UNION TO BEST SERVE ALL DELTA PILOTS!!!!!!!!!!!

 

If his hair was lighter I would have sworn that was a picture of my boy. He got his Hotwheel Criss Cross Crash for his b'day. He spent a couple of days just staring at it and holding it in the box just savoring the moment he would actually get to play with it.

 

Thanks. Just what I needed!

 

Yes... twice... and next to global entry (because I use THAT a lot) it is the best money you spend....

 

86 seats per segment.

 

Ahhh.. yet another scope loophole.

 

I'm sure it's going around the 737 fleet... "hey you flown with the moron that is building a model railroad?"

 

Horizon is already doing Q400 and RJ7 codeshare flying for Delta through the AS codeshare...

The limit is 50% or 86-seat cap, whichever comes first...
(FWIW AS 737-900 = 172 seats, 50% of 172 = 86)

If Pinnacle put 110 seats in that jet, DL could sell 55 seats average/month through the codeshare, depending on how the arrangement is structured.

AS can do 25% of hub-hub flying vs 6% for DCI
Non-hub AS codeshare flying is unlimited...

If you're worried about scope, the RJ scope issue is yesterday's news.
Looking forward it's mainline scope we need to worry about, and the definition of what Delta is:

-A holding company?
-A large-jet provider?
-A SkyTeam JV partner?
-An Airline?

Not trying to start anything here but this is coming and we better be prepared...

Just look at Air Lingus/United and Openskies/BA...some scary stuff going on already.
What if we "win" the RJ scope and end up all flying feed for say Jet Airways widebodies, what then?

Cheers
George

 

George;
I agree 100%. We have a lot of roofing to nail down.

 

I think QX CRJ700's are all gone. As a matter of fact ASA picked one up. I see it in ATL all the time. Horizon is transitioning to an all Q400 fleet.