excerpts from the MEC Regular Meeting Summary November 16-21, 2015:

MEC Chairman contact with senior management:

• Captain Malone briefed his two previous meetings with Senior Management.

• The first of these meetings was shortly after Captain Malone’s election as MEC Chairman and MEC Vice-Chairman Captain Ed Havrilla accompanied and introduced Captain Malone to Delta’s Senior Management team.

• Last week’s meeting, met with Senior Management to discuss subject matter content and theme for Mr. Anderson’s presentation to the MEC. Captain Malone was accompanied by ALPA’s Director of Representation, Betty Ginsburg.

• At the second meeting Mr. Anderson and Captain Malone both agreed that there is a solution to the rejected T/A.

• Mr. Anderson stated that while Delta is ready to re-engage, he and his team respect our process and are waiting patiently for re-engagement.

vs.

RA, July 3, 2015:

"...Failure to ratify the agreement will lead to a very different and longer path that will not result in a better deal. Uncertainty will prevail, and that will not be good for anybody."