Originally Posted by
newKnow
Yeah, sorry.
I just wanted to make it clear that the NWA Merger Committees' position of expidited arbitration was done at a time when the money was still on the table. DAL pilots chose not to take that offer just like we chose not to take their offer.
For someone to insinuate that the NWA offer would have left the pilots winthout the compensation package is incorrect. For them to further use that as a justification for taking pay raises and negotiating a seperate K is misleading.
The pay raises were there if the DAL MEC had agreed to the expidited arbitration. A larger equity stake and and other perks were also availiable.
So, if your MEC thinks we are going to wind up in arbitration anyway, why not do it now? So, now the question is, does your DAL MEC have something else planned?
New K Now
This is not correct. As the Delta MEC chairman put in print the joint contract agreed upon by NWA, Delta and management was only valid if there was a agreement in hand on the seniority list. The company did not want arbitration. The reality is there is no such thing as expedited arbitration. The arbitrators are all certified and work for the federal government. Just getting a arbitrator assigned can take months and they often take as long as a year to reach their decision. We may ask and wish for something expedited but there is nothing in the process to force the issue. The only thing expedited meant was we skipped the mediation step. The feds may have decided to force us to mediation first regardless of what we wanted.