From the Wall Street Journal online....I don't have access to the rest of the article, so if anyone does, please post the rest here so we can see more of what they are talking about. Sounds interesting though...don't think this has ever been tried before. May also be why we haven't heard anything from DALPA in a while.


Delta, Northwest Focus On Joint Pilot Contract


By Susan Carey and Paulo Prada
Word Count: 620 | Companies Featured in This Article: Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, US Airways Group, UAL, Air France-KLM
Executives at Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. are trying to build a common labor contract for the 11,000 pilots at both airlines before they complete a merger deal, according to people familiar with the matter.
The negotiations, considered essential for smooth integration of those key labor groups, center on organizing a fair way of forming a unified, seniority-based roster. Without a prior agreement, talks with those pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, are tasks that could take years of bargaining to accomplish.
Delta and Northwest want to quickly achieve the synergies that would flow from...