Looks like RD is going straight from Exec Administrator at National into a management position at DL.

Discuss.

Heard he's going to be the companies scope negotiator. I doubt it has anything to do with his inside knowledge of ALPA's scope plans or anything.

I hope this is true, the incest will revitalize DPA and the associated hard line stance. Can we put him on executive inactive right now? He obviously isn't working for the pilots, but himself. Absolutely disgusting! He's a former Moak era negotiator and is intimately knowledgeable about the cracks in our PWA.

I'll bet it has a lot to do with this. Look who the ALPA rep is.

https://centreforaviation.com/analys...tectionism-226

Can I buy a vowel?

I'm shocked if ALPA national positions don't have some sort of no-compete clause. Something like this will definitely give new life to DPA.

I’m sure he just got hired to enhance pilot-management cooperation on the upcoming contract.....🙄

LOL. I had to use google. Maybe this!!?? R. Dominguez



That's my guess.

Well, that secret didn't take long to hit APC.

When our Scope Chairman stated the MEC Admin / negotiators were opening scope discussions with the company on a consolidated JV agreement which would maybe trade regional protections for a global balance my first two thoughts were, we already have that in Section 1 R. (global production balance) and 1 P. 5. (global block hour floor) and my third thought was to call Rick Dominguez. He has more background and experience with the actual creation of our JV scope language than most anyone else.

When I reached out, the response was that he had a new job that nobody could talk about, ... and here we are.

Captain Rick Dominguez's responsibilities, as I understand them, will not be related to negotiations with the association. It makes sense that management would keep him well away from the table for now. However, he is only a phone call away.

... and it might even be a good thing if Capt. Dominguez was to get involved. He knows how to structure JV agreements with management and labor. He is a very bright and capable man. In my experience, he has been very good for the Delta pilots.

The "reader's digest" version of my letter to our Reps was:
· Align our PWA with the company’s commercial agreements with JV partners. Our flying should match the schedules found in the commercial agreements between the partners, then, for redundancy …
· Include revenue triggers as a floor. For example, if we see that 50% of an agreement’s total revenues (including non-operating revenues) originate from a partner airline, we should seek a 50% share of flying from that agreement, and finally
· Measure the results in jobs. When these negotiations are announced to pilots, pleasure use metrics pilots can understand

Yup. He's the top JV and foriegn ownership guy at ALPA. If nothing else this buys him away from our advocacy and a potential brain drain on the area we need to defend most.

Agreed on both accounts. Our TA better be a good, or DPA will come back in force. Going from being an advocate for the pilots to a MIP position has to just feel dirty. As always, money talks.