Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
#7481
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I think I said that about 1,000 posts ago... Back when oil was $150/brl, but ah NO they said (whoever they are) we have no negotiating power.
I've just resolved to the fact without more balls like our Northern brothers have, we're screwed.
I've just resolved to the fact without more balls like our Northern brothers have, we're screwed.
#7482
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Well Jerry Atkin has been saying for 7 years that he thinks scope clauses will be gone within a couple of years. He was spouting off in 2002 about how he saw that scope clauses would not even exist within a couple of years and you can see how that has worked out. Sure they have been relaxed due to CH11 and the 1113 deal, but they are still there. He is a smart guy and he runs a good airline, but he's dreaming to think SkyWest will operate anything larger than a 76 seat jet for Delta. If DALPA would let the group vote on all scope related issues including LOA's from now on, I'd be willing to be that scope will not be relaxed anymore at Delta. There is nothing they can offer me short of a winning lottery ticket that would tempt me to vote for anything that further relaxes scope. I think they know that and I'd be willing to bet they are attempting a run-around of Section 1 with this RAH thing. Hopefully we can come up with a way to stop it.
#7483
You know your pilot group better than I do, but for whatever it's worth, that is NOT the opinion of senior NWA pilots. There's not a single one of us that doesn't consider Scope the number one issue. I've said this before: Scope is Section 1 of every ALPA contract for a reason.
I think the junior DAL pilots need to understand this. If you thought you were in the minority before the merger, you now have 5,000 pilots who agree with you completely. I don't know if that will tip the balance, but it couldn't hurt.
Carl
I think the junior DAL pilots need to understand this. If you thought you were in the minority before the merger, you now have 5,000 pilots who agree with you completely. I don't know if that will tip the balance, but it couldn't hurt.
Carl
I spoke with 4 different Compass pilots last week while riding on the van. Seem like a good group of guys and the guys I spoke with want to stay under our MEC and every one of them said they want to be on our list. "Stapled" was a term that two of them used. Now, some could say that Compass was a Scope concession, but it I believe it may also be mitigating some furloughs. At least you guys kept management from making it a 100 seat company, as I have been told was their original proposal (please correct me if I'm wrong). So at least you guys showed some backbone on this. Here's my question:
If we are going to give the company say 300-500 early outs, why not ask them to bring the Compass pilots and the EMB-175 on our property in exchange for the early outs? What would be the downside to us? The upside for the company would be getting control over the quality of their product, which they have not had for years and the early retirements and cost savings associated with this. The company foregoes expensive training by having the early outs, we get this aircraft on the property and the company has pilots that are already type rated on the EMB 170-195 family. I know there would be many details to hammer out, but why could this not be a practical solution that we tell the MEC to research?
I've found that you can take 100 people and put them in a room, 98 will tell you why you can't do something and 2 will find a way to make it happen. I'm looking for those two people to help find a win-win for us and the company.
Any thoughts? Fire away!!!!!!
#7484
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I tell you Carl, it can be quite exhausting at times. More and more junior captains I fly with get it, but at the same time many have the opinion that the give away of scope is a almost a "cultural" issue at Delta. It's almost as if, "that's the way it's always been, so that's the way it will always be, there nothing we can do about it". Arghh!!! Guys just roll over. Maybe this from years of burnout from feeling that our union is turning a deaf ear to us.
I spoke with 4 different Compass pilots last week while riding on the van. Seem like a good group of guys and the guys I spoke with want to stay under our MEC and every one of them said they want to be on our list. "Stapled" was a term that two of them used. Now, some could say that Compass was a Scope concession, but it I believe it may also be mitigating some furloughs. At least you guys kept management from making it a 100 seat company, as I have been told was their original proposal (please correct me if I'm wrong). So at least you guys showed some backbone on this. Here's my question:
If we are going to give the company say 300-500 early outs, why not ask them to bring the Compass pilots and the EMB-175 on our property? What would be the downside to us? The upside for the company would be getting control over the quality of their product, which they have not had for years. In addition the upside would be the early retirements ans cost savings in this. The company foregoes expensive training by having the early outs, we get this aircraft on the property and the company has pilots that are already type rated on the EMB 170-195 family. I know there would be many details to hammer out, but why could this not be a practical solution that we tell the MEC to research?
Any thoughts? Fire away!!!!!!
I spoke with 4 different Compass pilots last week while riding on the van. Seem like a good group of guys and the guys I spoke with want to stay under our MEC and every one of them said they want to be on our list. "Stapled" was a term that two of them used. Now, some could say that Compass was a Scope concession, but it I believe it may also be mitigating some furloughs. At least you guys kept management from making it a 100 seat company, as I have been told was their original proposal (please correct me if I'm wrong). So at least you guys showed some backbone on this. Here's my question:
If we are going to give the company say 300-500 early outs, why not ask them to bring the Compass pilots and the EMB-175 on our property? What would be the downside to us? The upside for the company would be getting control over the quality of their product, which they have not had for years. In addition the upside would be the early retirements ans cost savings in this. The company foregoes expensive training by having the early outs, we get this aircraft on the property and the company has pilots that are already type rated on the EMB 170-195 family. I know there would be many details to hammer out, but why could this not be a practical solution that we tell the MEC to research?
Any thoughts? Fire away!!!!!!
I would imagine there are many Delta pilots that are VERY tired of BK rates and rules and are looking for some payback who want every ounce of capital poured into Delta rather than Compass. Just playing devil's advocate.
#7485
This is our problem. That same group is probably willing to give up more scope to get payrates back to where they got them by giving up scope in the first place. Don't they learn from their mistakes? Scope should not be bargaining capital period.
#7486
This is the line of thinking that I run into with many pilots though. It won't be long and the only pay-rates that will matter on this property are the 777, 767-400, 787 and A330.
#7487
The way we're headed, instead of Regionals and Majors, it will be Transcontinentals (TJ's, former RJ's) and Internationals. (us)
#7488
All great points guys, but don't forget the most important point: Scope CANNOT be taken from us, it can only be GIVEN away. Our MEC has GIVEN it away. Only a new MEC can correct this.
Carl
Carl
#7489
Not to be too contrary but from what I hear from friends at fNW, the gulf between senior and junior pilots was much wider than anything we've experienced at fDL. They feel they were thrown under the bus in an all out effort to save the senior guy's DB retirement. Did I get the bad intel? What was the feeling about the fNW MEC across the seniority ranges? Did Compass help the junior guys or did it just open the door to give away their flying to a much greater extent? Why so many furloughs and repeat furloughs (same people furloughed twice) at fNW?
I have to say as a mid-seniority fDL guy, this MEC has done a good job looking out for everyone's interest to the extent possible in a horrible environment. We need to hold their feet to the fire on scope but I'm not ready to throw away the guys who battled through BK and 911.
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#7490
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Carl,
Snapping to attention when a superior walks in is the sign of respect to the position, not particular person. It is a military thing, unfortunately totally lost in civilian world.
Lee is running every committee is a real stretch.
And YES no major decisions should happen without the MEC Chairman approval, otherwise it would be a circus, not an organization representing professional pilots.
IMHO Recall will only bring a war and every one will start crying about how badly he did on seniority integration etc. Last thing we need to do is to give in to managements divide and concur efforts.
All we need to do is to communicate our concerns to the MEC and hold them accountable.
Snapping to attention when a superior walks in is the sign of respect to the position, not particular person. It is a military thing, unfortunately totally lost in civilian world.
Lee is running every committee is a real stretch.
And YES no major decisions should happen without the MEC Chairman approval, otherwise it would be a circus, not an organization representing professional pilots.
IMHO Recall will only bring a war and every one will start crying about how badly he did on seniority integration etc. Last thing we need to do is to give in to managements divide and concur efforts.
All we need to do is to communicate our concerns to the MEC and hold them accountable.
At this point I believe a recall would be premature, what is sad is that no one shows up for the LEC meetings or MEC meetings...
Hold your reps acountable, ...call and talk with them
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