Originally Posted by
ninerdriver
I don't think we're arguing about what it says.
IIRC, DAL's interpretation is straight from the mouth of the DAL MEC chair to the EDV MEC chair.
Originally Posted by
theUpsideDown
Youre on the right track. I can provide a little more to your point
Pilots parse the black and white, and then insist on the black and white wording but that isn't how law works. The black and white on the contract would then be backed up by the intent of the language and then past practice. Law isn't a choose your own adventure book where you find obscure reference that provides what you want.
In this case the people that wrote the language, Delta and Delta pilots, would submit their notes of the intent of the agreement, and the judge would uphold the intent of the language. That's if it was even being challenged.
Well if you guys are being told what's contained in the negotiators notes regarding this LOA, that's news to me because our own MEC hasn't shared that info with us.
As for intenet, I'm only a public school grad, but if the intent was for it to only apply to Compass, then wouldn't it be written as "only Compass" and not "
affiliate referenced in such LOAs or at another carrier"? Seems the words shows their intent....probably more so than other areas of the PWA that contains copious amounts of legal jargon.