Originally Posted by rube

Wait a minute, so he voted in favor of shortening the voting window (Schnitzler was the lone nay vote), and then he *complains* about the shortened window in this rag?

The vote was about whether or not the pilots would get some retro pay pending acceptance of the deal. No July vote, no early raise. But he's suspicious of the timing. RIGHT.

On the day of the TA vote, he gave a rambling speech in open session about his "enviable position" of being able to cast a vote without concern for the consequences, and said he was only voting against it for political exigencies. This is overcomplicated tripe.

Some other whoppers:

"I don’t think we are heading to the NMB."

Really? Our position with this TA is market or better. Why would anyone believe that DAL would want to soften up? They didn't soften up after Stevens went on a fishing trip instead of engaging on the JCBA. $250 million later, the lesson was pretty clear.

"After a cooling-off period, I envision the company reengaging."

It's nice when you come up with outcomes that happen to be the most favorable to your interests. Again, WHY? Why would the company ignore the market forces in industry pattern bargaining that have just as much of an effect for work rules and sick as they do for compensation? They have an unassailable position in three-way talks, and there are many examples of how to run an airline profitably with disaffected, angry pilots at the controls.