Originally Posted by Sunvox

You guys amaze me. The salient fact is the NMB agrees with management that the Union's demands represent "fantasy land". The NMB drives your negotiations. Delta is running just fine without a new contract. You do not have the leverage you think you have.

I'll say it again: You will either get a contract with one or more concessions, or you will sit in negotiations for a protracted period of time and forgo enormous amounts of money.


I am certain if the negotiators use a little skill, they could come up with "token" concessions to appease the NMB, but standing pat and telling everyone "no concessions period" is not a valid technique in this day and age when the Union is all but neutered.