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Thanks for the validation. Who cares what individual pilots want? There are probably a few individual Delta pilots who would like to see the RJDC supporters shot and used for fill dirt under the new south runway in Atlanta. I don't take it personally, or feel threatened, or try to paint the entire Delta pilot group with that brush.michael707767 said:you know what, there may not have been any plan put forward by either the ASA or CMR MEC. I really don't care. But I know for a fact (had more than one on the jumpseat) that there were individual ASA and CMR pilots running around saying they were going to get DOH integration
Bottom line is that the "portfolio" concept of alter ego airlines is a terrible idea for labor and management. ASA and Comair have no real allegience to the Delta brand's performance. We fly empty legs on fee for departure arrangements and call it a "profit." We retire efficient aircraft and replace them with less suitable airplanes ( on short routes especially ) to try to meet a Delta mandate. A legion of middle level managers are busy figuring out how to bill another Delta entity for lav dumps and bug washes, while aircraft and crew utilization goes wasted because we do not fly eachother's exactly similar equipment. At one point Comair had over $1,100,000.00 in yearly hotel costs at ASA's main domicile.
The RJDC leadership, Comair and ASA MEC's and their pilots had the right idea with the PID. All the other crap about some flight attendant's, second cousin's, jumpseater heard from someone in the training department that an ATR Captain was going to displace a 777 driver does not matter. It might have helped galvanize the Delta pilots for C2K, but that fight is over and the ASA pilots were never your enemy.
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