Originally Posted by
Grumble
I've maintained from day one, that was a red herring and we'll never see it. DAL has to ratify by 1 Jan 18, and it only takes effect if it meets certain wickets. Them having a contract by 1/18, is nothing short of a miracle. They've been iced by the NMB and DAL mgmt is throwing whatever will stick at the wall before 12/31 to try and ditch what I'm sure will be a massive profit sharing check... And those boys ain't dumb.
Perhaps we will indeed never see it because of the time line involved, but valuable nevertheless in that the precedent has been set, without any further negotiation, that the company has agreed to AT LEAST match whatever deal the Delta pilots land in our next round of negotiations.
Our negotiators can legitimately argue that at the very least the company's starting position should be no lower than that. That's at least something to build on.