Originally Posted by
nwa757dtw
the nwa mec is going to oppose the proposed merger by all legal means possible. as a 12 year line pilot, i support their decision, up to an including a strike. nwa has the most cash in the industry. the bottom line is dal is running out of cash....
Ask yourself a question – How did we get here? Why did the DAL MEC have the additional contractual clout to be able to influence management? And more importantly, Why did the NW MEC not have the same contractual clout? I don’t think the DAL MEC individuals are any smarter, so what enabled them to get more out of management? I will give you my opinion for what its worth – admittedly, probably not much. I think it is because the DAL MEC was united and focused.
While the NW MEC was splintered with individual constituencies watching their peers as much as management the ball was dropped. DAL with a unified group had one thing in mind – get the best contract for all the DAL pilots as possible. While NW had different groups of pilots with different priorities all looking out for their individual interests.
So we can learn from this and unite – or we can repeat the mistakes of the past with a divided group. Go ahead and burn your house down – lets get it over with before we merge or lets unite so that our combined MEC can look out for all of us. If you only have a few years left go for it – raise hell and screw over all the NW pilots who have a long and possibly worthwhile career ahead of them – as long as they don’t repeat the mistakes of the last NW merger which seems to be what you are advocating.
Scoop
Last edited by Scoop; 04-16-2008 at 05:11 AM.