At this point I don't see the merger going through,
Anderson and the Management at DAL originally stated that they would not move ahead with the merger until the new, merged company had the support of its' pilots.
That being said, the only proposal that the Steenland and the NWA management have most recently proposed basically canned any pilot raises. The pilot raises were a there to help gather support and favor from the pilots in hopes to get them on board with the deal. Nothing about the deal has changed, and DAL managment wants to insure that the pilot group doesn't go to war with each other.
If this deal negotiation is a reflection on how the NWA management does business treats its' pilots, then I really trully do feel for the pilots at NWA. Unless the management at DAL suddenly has a change of heart and all of a sudden becomes indifferent about the well-being of it's pilot work force, I don't see the deal happening. That's my 2-cents at least.