Originally Posted by
tedspal
I have read a few places that if Delta and Northwest merge there may be a new contract. I was wondering among those folks currently there if there have been any desire to make the short call reserve a longer call out time than 2 hours. I know that United, Continental, and American are all at least 3 hours. I live about 2 hours from New York no traffic, so without the short call being extended I would be stuck with a crash pad.
Any other concessions that you think may get made during a contract renegotiation?
Not sure about United but I think CAL is 2 hour short call too. They just have to give you an hour from show to departure time. So 2 hour till show = 3 hours total. At Delta it's mostly long call and then they can convert that to short call up to 6 or 8 times a month (can't remember). Either way if your in NYC at DAL it's the junior base and you'll hold a line pretty quick. At least on the 88.