Originally Posted by
FlyingKat
One of the dangers of being a wholly owned is mainline can pretty much do whatever they want with you when it comes to increasing or decreasing your flying. DALPA would likely never agree to anything other than a flow or preferential hiring. I can't see Delta paying anything other than new hire wages if they move you over to mainline. Why would Delta pay for a merger where they would have to pay pilots at their present longevity, when they could move the planes over, hire who they want either through a flow or preferential hiring, and start everyone at year one pay. Its all about the cash in the end.
Why does everyone think unions control mergers and seniority lists and hiring. DALPA would have nothing to say about a merger. The COMPANY decides if they want a merger. The lists will then be merged under ALPA merger policy or federal law depending on the unions involved. DALPA can't add a single pilot to the seniority list nor can they stop the company from merging with all DCI carriers and adding all DCI pilots to the Delta seniority list. It's a company function unless specific to the contact. Even then in every case management decides if there will be a merger.