Originally Posted by
JoeMerchant
Then it really didn't matter that there wasn't a "pre-nup" stating that we would accept a staple. As you stated, DALPA's position was it wasn't going to happen anyway. So that begs the question why you and others in the Delta MEC continue to spin this as the fault of us at ASA and CMR for wanting a "land grab" and trying to get "DOH". According you it didn't matter what we asked for, we wouldn't have gotten it.
DALPA was willing to attempt to get management to merge the airlines. I don't think they would have had any success in that. They tried to work a prenup. I was at one of the meetings. Comairs position was no prenup. The made it 100% clear they would only accept ALPA merger policy and would push for DOH in arbitration.
It was a classic case of pigs get feed and hogs get slaughtered.
Regardless as you mention and I agree Delta management was not going to merge the airlines so even had a prenup been reached nothing would have changed.