Originally Posted by av8sean (Post 638660)

Delta treats their regionals like dirt.. not business partners. They sign agreements and then break them, as well as direct their wholy-owned regionals to hire staff only to sack them less than a year later. They produce memos on DLNET for everyone to see, congratulation people on the merger offering free positive space tickets - followed by an asterix excluding DL Connection. Travel benefits are like a popularity contest... It feels like being back in highschool.

They really are pitiful to be associated with. I have absolutely no care at all for any of our pax on the plane, except on a human level. I'd never do anything to save DL any money, and I don't feel a gram of loyalty to the company. I strictly do what my FOM and job duty requires, and nothing more.

Originally Posted by logic1 (Post 638478)

How does it hurt the customer?....Freedoms performance has been excellent ever since the first day of operations.

Originally Posted by av8sean (Post 638660)

Delta treats their regionals like dirt.. not business partners. They sign agreements and then break them, as well as direct their wholy-owned regionals to hire staff only to sack them less than a year later. They produce memos on DLNET for everyone to see, congratulation people on the merger offering free positive space tickets - followed by an asterix excluding DL Connection. Travel benefits are like a popularity contest... It feels like being back in highschool.

They really are pitiful to be associated with. I have absolutely no care at all for any of our pax on the plane, except on a human level. I'd never do anything to save DL any money, and I don't feel a gram of loyalty to the company. I strictly do what my FOM and job duty requires, and nothing more.

Originally Posted by RichieAshburn (Post 638927)

This is exactly the reason we need to dump as many regionals as possible and get that flying back to mainline.

Before someone gets on their high horse and says those of us at DAL caused regional growth because we "were too good to fly rj's", remember, at least 1/3 of the pilots were not on property when these decisions were made. Attitudes are changing, a lot of us want to recapture that flying and correct the problems our predecessors caused.

The unprofessional attitude of this poster has no business flying DAL pax and is unacceptable. It only drives me(and hopefully others) to work harder to get that flying back.

Enjoy your new travel benefits! You're welcome for the ride, even though despise DAL.

Originally Posted by Lowlevel (Post 638878)

I'm assuming this is a joke?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Freedom and excellent service....in the same sentence! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Originally Posted by RichieAshburn (Post 638927)

This is exactly the reason we need to dump as many regionals as possible and get that flying back to mainline.

Before someone gets on their high horse and says those of us at DAL caused regional growth because we "were too good to fly rj's", remember, at least 1/3 of the pilots were not on property when these decisions were made. Attitudes are changing, a lot of us want to recapture that flying and correct the problems our predecessors caused.

The unprofessional attitude of this poster has no business flying DAL pax and is unacceptable. It only drives me(and hopefully others) to work harder to get that flying back.

Enjoy your new travel benefits! You're welcome for the ride, even though despise DAL.

Originally Posted by Hot Rod Wannabe (Post 639006)

How can you distinguish a Delta Pilot from a room full of Pilots..... wait for it......... He'll tell you! HA!

Originally Posted by thrustsetrj200 (Post 638378)

Not a huge fan of Mesa here...but I love that Delta gets kicked in the balls with this. Delta is relentless and will get what they want. They always do. Just like someone else said in a previous post, Delta will cut back regardless and it will probably be a wholly owned. Sucks for Mesaba and Comair.

Originally Posted by cencal83406 (Post 638939)

How is it unprofessional to "follow the FOM"? The FOM wasn't designed to screw your passengers flying on our (in Pinnacle's case with the 76 seaters) airplanes.... Working as a DCI carrier is like constantly being beaten up and yet coming back for more. When Northwest was in charge, things were great for us. I want you guys to get the flying back so that there are jobs available at a higher pay, but there has got to be better ways of getting rid of the regionals, like, say, letting the contracts expire when they come due, rather than continuing to dump on the front line employees who are supposed to provide the "one level of service".