Originally Posted by DelDah Capt

There isn't a Delta pilot who doesn't know what Dalpa's position on the merged seniority lists is. The guiding principles are that 1) there should be no "bump", no "flush" (i.e. you should be able to retain your current seat if you desire and there should be no massive rebid of the system) and 2) the lists should be blended by relative senioirity (i.e. if you were 40% from the bottom of your airline's list, you should be 40% from the bottom of the combined list. If you were 15% from the top of your airline's list, you should be 15% from the top of the merged list, etc.).I do know that the NWA MEC wants to protect career expectations based on seniority numbers. What does that exactly mean, I wont pretend to know the "facts" but 10% of the bottom of DAL is not the same as 10% from the bottom at NWA as far as career expectations are concerned. The Dalpa reps have made themselves available in a number of venues and have been as open as Disclosure rules allow them to be.

The real question to be asked is how come the NWA pilots seem to know so little about the plan of their MEC (or perhaps that should be plan(s) since there seems to be several versions). Maybe a better question is how come the NWA pilots aren't demanding to know from their Reps how they are being represented. As a Delta pilot, it's likely none of my business what merger goals the NWA MEC have, but I find it worrisome that the NWA pilots don't seem to know. Trust me, I participate in plenty of cockpit banter debating the merits of DALPA policy, but I will freely admit that my reps have always fielded my calls, emails, and stood up in lounge shows. An NWA pilot should not be on this forum asking what his own MEC's integration philosophy is....perhaps they should be on the phone or writing a few Emails.