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DALMD88FO
Ok, I went to the ALPA.org site and, of course, couldn't find the new merger policy. The old policy had, if I remember correctly, 5 things that they considered. Could someone post what the new policy contains. Also keep in mind, that while you want the arbitrators to follow ALPA merger policy they can essentially do what they want now that it is in their hands. That was the big drawback that was explained to us over and over. That is also why we wanted three arbitrators versus just one.
Yup, the 5 required factors for consideration are now 3. Of interest, DAL suggested a solution that generally followed policy while NWA suggested DOH (not in policy). We all know how that turned out.
Here's an article from ALPA that summarizes the revised policy.
FWIW, one of the three arbitrators in DAL/NWA is the head arbitrator in our case so what is old is new again.