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Old 05-06-2013 | 07:38 AM
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Apparently, in citing the Board's paragraph that expressed a preference for status and category ratios over date of hire, which you attributed as a win for the Delta pilots and their counsel, you neglected to mention the qualifying and mitigating language of this one.

Notwithstanding the months of vigorous negotiations and subsequent good faith participation in mediation efforts, the parties to this dispute are deeply divided: As is apparent from their respective proposals. Each does little more than to stack the deck for their own constituencies that are neither fair nor equitable. As will be discussed below, this Board has chosen a different approach, one that adopts a Ratio and Category basis, but with a simplified grouping of aircraft, a "Pull and Plug" adjustment mechanism that addresses attrition considerations, and a limited period of Conditions and Restrictions designed to deal with, among other things, fleet expansion and reduction.
Neither the Delta nor Northwest pilots "won" the arbitration. Neither the CAL nor UAL pilots will "win" this one.
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