Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
There's a number of us fNWA guys that get the feeling that the whole "acquired not hired" thinking lives right below the surface among fDAL pilots despite the outward niceties. Your post here tends to reinforce that belief. Bar posts his loathing of the SLI, then another posts his loathing of all NWA pilots and wish that the merger never happened. Yet hardly a single response from a fDAL pilot admonishing that kind of stuff.
Really, really sad.
Carl
Carl,
The NWA pilots can make a somewhat credible argument that their side brought resources to the table that prevented Delta from folding under the weight of it's undercapitalization. It is all speculation.
What we do know is the Company has done well since it has merged. The Company is making good on it's promises to shift flying back to mainline ( to some extent ) with ALPA's active engagement.
Other than our work together on our contract, pilots had nearly no say in the matter. Some did better than others no doubt. From the NWA perspective I can see how some of the 320 drivers felt that the merger did not respect status quo. To the extent "status quo" was not the primary consideration of the arbitrator I think the man went off the reservation, but that's just my opinion.
"Acquired, not hired" sounds like a low self esteem issue. As I tell my wife, "you look terrific honey, now lets go, we have some place to be."
We are merged ... therefore "you do look terrific, honey."
Smooches,
Bar