Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Your right he is not John Malone. JM was in charge and the force behind the largest give back in the history of Delta. (Loa46). I would have loved to see your posts on JM had you been at Delta then. They might not have been as favorable when he was giving almost 1 billion dollars back to the company.
Sailing,
I usually respect your posts, but I think you are being unfair. I think JM had to make painful decisions at a painful time. As for "being the largest giveback in the history of Delta"...maybe that is because he also negotiated the largest
increase in the history, etc.
To make the logic extreme but still pertinent, what if you were making $1000/hr prior to LOA 46, then took a 70% pay cut to "only" get to $300/hr? You would still be at $300/hr, but could also truthfully state "the largest giveback" etc etc.
I thought JM was a good MEC chairman (and prior to that, Negotiating Committe chair etc). I thought it was a mistake for Moak to run against him when he did (and win the MEC chair as well).
THAT said, I thought that Moak actually has done a pretty good job in numerous demanding environments as well. One does not have to be on one side or the other. Both JM and LM ultimately want what is best for the DAL pilots they led. Often times it is more a question of differences of method than desired end result.
But the whole point of this is I think your post unfair, and does not also tell the entire story.