Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

It's far worse than that. After they say "darn, we tried" the no furlough clause for Delta pilots only kicks in after the closing of the merger. Any furloughs during the multi-year arbitration process is all on the NWA side. When arbitrator makes the decision, he says the new SLI only applies to pilots who were on the property at the time of the decision. This effectively staples all furloughed NWA pilots to the back of the new list. Will DALPA employ this strategy, who knows. But the LOA allows for it to happen at the sole discretion of DAL management.

Carl