Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Here's the key point: IT WOULDN'T BE STOPPING COMMERECE. The company could decide at its sole discretion which routes they wanted to fly, and which they did not. Ending the JV would simply mean that Delta pilots would figure into management's equation on the commerece that management decides to pursue.
How you can say that doesn't help Delta pilots is beyond me.
Carl
Ending the JV is stopping commerce. That commerce may or may not be replaced by Delta airplanes flown by Delta pilots. Apparently, you think it will be replaced. I'm not as optimistic.
I think the point is moot since I don't think an arbitrator would end the JV and I'm certain Delta wouldn't willingly give it up. The company is presumably a few percentage points out of compliance. I doubt an arbitrator would be on board to grenade something that is already agreed to in principle over a small percentage. Again, the punishment doesn't fit the crime.