Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
No. If they want to continue their very profitable relationship with ALPA, then ALPA will be management's choice. The proof of this is how hard management is fighting to keep DPA off the property.
If they really have a go at it with foreign ownership et al, then once again ALPA is their obvious choice. Management sees what ALPA did with FT/DT, the 1500 hour rule and the like. Management knows full well that all ALPA needs is a "seat at the table" and ALPA will ultimately cave in.
In either of your two scenarios above, ALPA is the obvious choice for management. And management is proving it every day by trying to kill
the DPA.
Carl
That's called leverage Carl, something DALPA/ALPA has failed to use to better our lives just recently in fact. We knew the company wanted to get SOC done as quick as possible, mostly for Wall Street. We could have and should have asked for more, but instead we were promised MORE for LATER, after the $2 billion in synergies were realized. Instead, we got a substandard joint contract and now Delta will make $2 billion in baggage fees for this year and last. I think the accountant Pineapple Guy could even agree with that.