Delta Contract 2012

[astroglider]

Start thinking about payrate increase by 15%, 5% raise annually over the life of the contract.
Strengthen Scope provisions. etc

It begins today...

Astro

 

[lowlycfi]

How about some serious SCOPE language?

 

[Cpt Oveur]

Take back every 76 seater from the regionals!

 

[hockeypilot44]

Start thinking about payrate increase by 15%, 5% raise annually over the life of the contract.
Strengthen Scope provisions. etc

It begins today...

Astro

HELL NO!!!! Start thinking about pay raises of about 30-40 percent with scope lock-down, same work rules for reserve pilots, 5:15 min for ALL duty days whether flying or not, first-class for all deadheads, crew meals on all flights greater than 3 hours, more vacation/year, better commuting policy, etc. The list goes on and on. We need to fix this abortion of a contract that CAL is trying to use against its pilots.

 

[tbkane]

Recapute ALL greater than 50 seat flying. We can work on pay later but we will never get back flying unless we recapture our flying. Work on Reserve rules to make them livable.

 

[lowlycfi]

Here's a "crazy" idea. If the airplane has Delta painted on the side of it, it will be flown by Delta pilots, no matter the number of seats.

 

[tbkane]

Anyone remember this quote "those airplanes we wouldn't want to fly those". We are going to have to fight like he!! in order to take back flying. I just hope our pilots are willing to fight for it (which they never have been before)...

 

[FBN0223]

Start thinking about getting a union that represents Delta pilots and Delta pilots only, then we can talk about pay raises and scope.

 

[GogglesPisano]

Start thinking about getting a union that represents Delta pilots and Delta pilots only, then we can talk about pay raises and scope.

There seems to be a growing sentiment in that direction.

 

[Tanker Clown]

Who are you guys kidding? You'll take a pay freeze at best. And you know deep down that if the company asks for concessions you'll fold like a cheap suit. ComAir and Sky West will probably fly all your domestic stuff by the end of the decade.

 

[JumpersAway]

There seems to be a growing sentiment in that direction.

Just curious, but what exactly do you guys feel ALPA is doing to protect the regionals and the flying associated with them. I can tell you for a FACT, that from my seat at ASA, I've seen nothing, nor do I want anything.

Frankly, I hope you guys recapture it- it's the only stability the "regional" industry will ever know...............

 

[Draginass]

Delta pilots need to take their union back from Moak and the concessionist MEC.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

It should be interesting and we will see if we have a contract by the amendable date. Seems to be a desire for that.

Jumpers, I agree. Locking down scope and improving the mainline will return the desire to work here. When that happens the natural flow will start again. A regional will be a stop over and no longer a career. As it should be.

 

[GogglesPisano]

Just curious, but what exactly do you guys feel ALPA is doing to protect the regionals and the flying associated with them.....

The trend over the last decade as been for regional airlines to receive a higher proportion of brand X flying with ever larger aircraft -- a trend initiated by various managements with ALPA as a passive enabler. That's indirect "protection."

The sentiment I'm talking about at DL is this: There is a lot of animosity amongst Delta pilots concerning the fact that we contributing more financially to Herndon than we receive in support, while National seems to bend over backwards to bring more regional -- sorry, "express" -- pilots into the fold. We are supporting our own replacements.

 

[BoilerUP]

The trend over the last decade as been for regional airlines to receive a higher proportion of brand X flying with ever larger aircraft -- a trend initiated by various managements with ALPA as a passive enabler. That's indirect "protection."

I'm curious why you brand ALPA a "passive enabler" in the loss of your branded flying.

Mainline pilots willingly sold small jet scope from the early 90s through the post-9/11 world, allowing increasingly more and larger "small jets" until BK rolled around and even more "large small jets" were permitted.

Of course in BK pilot groups had a legal gun to their head...but why blame ALPA when your contract, even the one negotiated in BK, had to be ratified by the pilot group? Could you not have sold something other than your scope?

Personally, I'd love it if DAL (and every other airline) could recapture scope back down to 51+ seats...but let's be realistic - that's not going to happen. And its not going to happen because even if management was willing to discuss it your pilots won't be willing to expend the required negotiating capital to get there.

I hope I'm wrong...:0