NWA wants DOH

[PeanuckleCRJ]

domestic 767 holds 264.

 

[Full of LUV]

New to some of these terms....

I have to say, that's a good way of putting it !

What is the standard Delta seating capacity for the basic 767? If I remember correctly the 757-300 was 224 passengers...and the most fuel efficient aircraft per pax.

Excuse the ignorance, but what is a "dynamic seniority list"? Does the seniority list get reordered every year, month, day, or retirement? How does that work and is there one in play somewhere else in the industry? Thanks

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Exactly. No way!

 

[Schwanker]

Exactly. No way!

Why? I thought your future retirements are just as great as NWA's?

 

[Cobra17]

Looks like this is shaping up to be the smoothest airline merger in history. Giddyeup.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

They are, but I am sure that ours would be omitted in your plan. Furthermore, it is just way to complicated, and would be screwed up.
With Medical outs, etc it would make life a mess.

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

Of coarse. Anything close to dalpas proposal is a win for the premerger dal. pilots. You get to not only keep your posistion(which I agree you should)but benefit in upward movement created by the old farts we bring. You know at some point dals intl expansion will stop and with no significant retirements from your side for the next 8-10 years there will be very little movement nearterm. Good news is the sli won't be decided by anyone on this forum. FWIW, our latest update from flight ops mentioned that the first 12 787s will be 800s and next 6 900s plus the 50 options. That is the first mention of 900s I have seen.

 

[jetflier]

Excuse the ignorance, but what is a "dynamic seniority list"? Does the seniority list get reordered every year, month, day, or retirement? How does that work and is there one in play somewhere else in the industry? Thanks

Huh? (sound of crickets)

 

[Full of LUV]

What do you mean?

Huh? (sound of crickets)

What, am I delinquent on some basic pilot knowledge? I am not imersed in this subject and don't have time to read the proposals, figured that's what the arbitrators are getting paid good money to do, but what does NWA's "dynamic seniority" entail? If they truly end up with the top 400 spots, does everytime a NWA pilot retire, they hand their old seniority to the next in line so in essence NWA holds the top 400 spots for the next 35 years? I am truly unaware of the dynamic seniority list concept, does anyone else use this? Thanks

 

[clippyrip]

The jist of a dynamic list is that each side moves up as their retirements happen. I personally don't like the idea. Ultimately, NWA pilots should be given a credit for our up coming retirements or the Delta pilots should not be given much credit for their current positions which is a reflection of their retirements. In my humble opinion its a wash but you will never get a Delta pilot to agree. They got their retirements, want credit for their current positions(which is a result of their retirements) and then want our retirements. Pure BS.

PS
In a few posts, a delta pilot will mention that their future retirements will eclipse ours. The only problem with that is its 15 to 20 years away.