Originally Posted by slowplay

Your recollection of the facts is wrong in the case of Western. That airline was a growing, thriving airline at the time of the merger. Your attitude of "who cares" says a lot.



NWA's perception that they bring have some kind of "premium" over Delta pilots is insulting, and it is shown in their lack of ability to negotiate a deal (any deal).
NWA wants to count "shells" parked in the desert, rather than active jobs brought to the table.
NWA wants to count jobs created by the Delta staffing formula as something they brought to the table.
NWA wants to count A330 payrates as premium over 767 rates, even though they didn't bring those (or higher rates for the 744 and 742) to the table. It's that "premium" thing again.
NWA wants to capture all "their" attrition off the top, but doesn't want to be held to the same standard off the bottom when the DC-9's and 742's are parked.
NWA thinks that their pilots are entitled to Delta growth, but Delta pilots aren't entitled to NWA positions with 24.E.10.
NWA thinks that the greenbook seniority list inversion due to the Roberts award isn't a problem. That's because they'd all fill in the unfenced Delta 777 while the Whale was protected.

Oops, that's not perception. That's the reality the Delta MEC negotiated with. That's insulting. NWA wanted to address all their concerns. They didn't care about Delta concerns. And when it came to deal deadline time, the NWA MEC administration didn't negotiate. They went on vacation.