Originally Posted by
APC225
I've heard that one (of many) Plan Bs is that if one MEC votes no and another votes yes, they can and may attempt to implement the contract with the yes group and continue a side negotiation with the no group just to keep things moving and provide the illusion of progress for the board and banks. Isn't this is what happened at DAL?
Not exactly. At Delta, the Delta union signed a letter of agreement instantly improving their own situation. The NWA union was not part of this. Then Lee Moak's response was that their new LOA would be something to build off of for the JCBA. The JCBA ended up being exactly the same as the new Delta contract after the LOA. At that point, the Northwest pilots had no choice, but to vote yes. The Delta pilots could have voted it down and screwed the NWA pilots, but the Delta pilots have never voted anything down. It passed on both sides, and Delta had a joint contract before the SLI was ever decided. The SLI went into effect the day it was released. About 6 months later, pilots were crossing over.