Originally Posted by
caddis
First off I will be surprised, but not shocked if this merger goes off the table. To much has been going on in the background for a few years. You have the fact that both companies went into bankruptcy on the same day, admitted to discussions back then of a merger, Pinacle now doing flying for both Northwest and Delta, Air France and KLM merging, and last but not least Richard Anderson coming in to be the CEO.
Also your Executive VP just came out yesterday and said that the merger would make DAL a "Global Airline" and thats what the market place demands.
As far as placing people on the senority list by pay and equipment I doubt it will happen. Yes you have new hires going to the right seat of the ER in New York but you also have 2000 hires sitting on the -88. So do you punish your guys for bidding lifestyle over paycheck?
For me personally I guys I am expecting to lose some senority, how much is the question. I guess one thing I would not vote for is any deal that places anyone on either list hired prior to Sept 11 placed behind anyone hired in 2007.
Someone else already said it. If management and the BOD wants the merger to happen it will happen. Watch over the next few days for the carrot and stick method of management to occur.
Lets just hope that if this happens that we all have jobs and it leads to the international growth that management says it will.
Well said.
I think that all of the wild unsubstantiated rumors that we have been hearing are mostly nonsense. IF the BODs at DL/NW want this to happen they will have to be patient, and may have to sweeten the deal a little more. The reps doing the negotiating for both pilot groups went into this looking for a win-win, not a staple job. This does
not have to be a zero-sum game. If done correctly, the combined airline
could provide a great career for the junior pilots at both companies.
If and when an agreement is reached,
then we can decide if it's acceptable. If not, then either the deal falls apart or we go to arbitration, and I don't think anyone really wants arbitration. The posts on the "other" pilot forum have gotten way out of hand: Grown men are behaving like snot-nosed kids with a keen sense of entitlement...