Yes, we've heard that before. The Delta pilots have every right to exersize their seniority and pick up open time as fast as it is published. Even though that has the affect of keeping furloughed pilots furloughed when the line guys fly all that extra time. So why the bitterness for Comair pilots who wanted a quid from the Delta MEC in the form of Brand Scope to buy a company policy change and allow Delta furloughees to keep their number?
Greenslipping didn't have
ANY effect on recalls. I never have (in 10 yrs) nor will I use greenslips while we have guys on the street, its more personal! Much as you'd like to sling mud.....The bitterness towards cmr is because of the obvious. Lots of our jr. pilots supported the cmr pilots with their strike (via assessment, and even being able to let them use our strike facility), then got their teeth kicked in return for their help. Then were used as pawns to relax scope! Sounds like extortion!
I've been wondering about this for years. Then it hit me.
I bet it did! Too bad it took you years to realize the obvious. But as an rjdc supporter, its not surprising!
When the Comair pilots went on strike, it cost Delta, by their own admission, some $680 million dollars. That's $680 million dollars no longer available to say, fund a pension plan or help finance new aircraft for mainline pilots to fly.
Many had Delta stock in their 401K and the strike had an adverse impact on its value. So is it reasonable to assume Delta pilots have a deep seated resentment and animosity toward Comair pilots for striking their airline?
Wow, it took you years to come up with
THIS?? You are even
MORE stupid (if that's even possible) than I origionally thought! Now wonder your case had 90% of its claims thrown out!
They say we are separate airlines but that's not the way it really is, is it?
Yes it is! You are a wholly owned subsidary! Much as you like to brag and tell all your non flying pals that you're a Delta pilot, you're not!
Everyone knows the "regionals" are supposed to be a stepping stone and not a career. But they wouldn't be able to say what they really felt because the strike was considered throughout the industry, both inside and outside of ALPA, by mainline and "regional" alike, as a success. As accolades were showered on Comair pilots, mainline pilots gritted their teeth - only three people crossed the line (one ex management, one already retired) and Comair pilots were praised for their unity while the mainliners bit their tongues. Comair pilots got to wear a star on their ALPA wings and while the Delta pilots couldn't, their ears were turning red, a symbol of the "pecking order" put on its head.
If this was any more fictious, you could patent it and sell it on ebay! Your dreamworld is as out of whack as your lawsuit! You truly don't have a clue how the airline industry works do you? Your group was hailed as "heros" for sticking it to management, I applauded you guys, supported you with assessment checks, offered my help in any way, only to have it trampled by your MEC!
The accrimony grew and they needed a canard so they could dis the Comair pilots under the guise of "union brothers as victims." Enter the furloughees.
Yet it wasn't so hard for the ASA MEC to offer the help! You're reaching, but I see the spin machine is working well!
So while Delta pilots were picking up open time as fast as they could, they slam Comair pilots about a company policy.
Where was the rebuttal from the pilot group?? Where was the public sentiment that the cmr group didn't support lawson? You just can't admit you are wrong! We've grown to expect that from your group, hence, I don't wish you bad will, matter of fact, I wish you well, just don't expect any help!
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