Originally Posted by
Timbo
BB, I agree, and when DAL bought CA and ASA I was saying then, we need to get them onto our list, ASAP! I was told it was their own MEC's who said, "Date of Hire or NFW!" Well, nobody in the airline world has EVER gotten date of hire in a merger, Not Western, Not Pan Am, not NWA. They were bringing 50 seat RJ's to the party and wanted to be 767 Captains. Yeah, like that's going to happen! So I don't know how they thought they would, but their insistance on DOH killed their chances of ever getting onto our list.
On the Job Action idea, last time I was in the DALPA MEC office (March) I asked that very question, the answer I got was, "American tried that and it cost their Pilots $42 Million..." so the DALPA answer is, not going to happen.
Timbo,
Merger policy at that time stipulated that a decision was made whether to have a merger before getting into SLI openers. Since there was never a decision to have a merger, SLI openers were never presented.
The policy makes sense. If unity is most important, then you don't want the merger sidelined due to a SLI squabble. Hence the commitment to the process before seeing the results of the process.
By paycheck, or equipment, any status quo merger with a DCI carrier would have been a staple.
There are always web board and crew room blow hards. They don't sit at the table and do not make policy.
In my opinion you were manipulated to get your opinion in line with the direction your leadership wanted you to go.
... and since it will come up I'll preemptive state, "Lawson was a jerk."