Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
01-18-2011, 05:56 PM
Da Hudge
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I remember BK and others huffing and puffing that same diatribe he just posted... while I'm sitting there back in the back thinking exactly what I just posted. Although, I was so taken aback at them justifying what happened instead of coming up with any sort of a fix to the problem that there really wasn't much to say.
They wonder why I don't consider those with that point of view relevant...
They wonder why I don't consider those with that point of view relevant...
01-18-2011, 05:59 PM
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The total block hours flown on average in 2001 were the same as the block hours flown in June of 2007 pre merger. You would expect that would yield the same number of pilots. Sadly it did not. We were flying the 07 schedule with 2500 fewer line pilots. Down from 10,000 to 7500. That was a direct result of a hundred or more work rule changes to increase productivity. Those jobs lost are equally spread across the fleet spectrum from 777 CA to MD88 FO.
01-18-2011, 06:00 PM
Da Hudge
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And think about how many jobs that would be without being under slave workrules...
Of course the economics of it would probably even out the number of pilots as some of the borderline viable small cities would no longer be serviced or frequency would be reduced.
Regardless, that would take us from 12500 pilots to 18500 pilots.
01-18-2011, 06:15 PM
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01-18-2011, 06:19 PM
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01-18-2011, 06:46 PM
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01-18-2011, 06:56 PM
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(2) Most thinking Delta pilots would like an affirmative statement from their MEC expressing the opinion that ALL DELTA JOBS ARE VALUABLE. The concept that some jobs are better than others leads to negotiations which inevitably place the representation of one pilot superior to the representation of another pilot who is inferior. As a union, ALPA has a duty to treat all of its members equally.
01-18-2011, 07:01 PM
seeing the large hubs...
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01-18-2011, 07:05 PM
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The total block hours flown on average in 2001 were the same as the block hours flown in June of 2007 pre merger. You would expect that would yield the same number of pilots. Sadly it did not. We were flying the 07 schedule with 2500 fewer line pilots. Down from 10,000 to 7500. That was a direct result of a hundred or more work rule changes to increase productivity. Those jobs lost are equally spread across the fleet spectrum from 777 CA to MD88 FO.
01-18-2011, 07:06 PM
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