Originally Posted by
BlaineFaban
So what are you complaining about? Theoretically, you are going to get credit for these retirements in arbitration, right? We are going down the path you wanted: the triggering of ALPA merger policy. You guys will sabotage the negotiations until arbitration is a must, and then a fair list will be decided by an arbitrator. Will you be willing to live with that list, or pull a USAir and sidestep that as well?
nwa should be upset because delta is saying we can work together as long as it is what we want. they had a joint contract agreed upon and they have now said screw nwa if they don't go with our SLI then you don't get the pay as well. delta pilots are saying that it is ok to work with a b-scale and opened themselve up to an internal whipsawing. what incentive does delta have to raise up the nwa side of things now? if nwa plays nice then they get cost savings from having a lowered payed pilot group and they most likely would drag it out for as long as possible. if nwa pilots get ****ed they could easily disrupt things trying to force the companies hand and now they come off as the bad guys for not helping the new airline. it's kind of a lose lose for nwa.
if people dont see how doh or relative seniority can be an advantage to either side than they are just blindly looking at it.