[quote=Pitts S2B;369565]I hope you are all right. But, if you are looking for a conspiracy. It certainly was a good move for DALPA to get the LOA. Now, they are FOR arbitration because if they don't like the outcome, they can fight it all the way until 2012. All the while operating under the LOA with the higher rates of pay, and effectively leaving NWA on a B scale.

Just some food for thought....

Just to make one point clear. DALPA Is not for Arbitration. They have released several statements making that clear. For unknown reasons NWA put out that DALPA was now for arbitration. This is a false statement. I understand they have been officially asked to retract that statement. Don't know if they have or will. DALPA wanted to get a merged list via negotiation. The head of the NWA merger committee showed up on day one stating he believed it should go to arbitration and proudly pointing out his personal record of being involved in 26 negotiations involving seniority at NWA and failing to reach a agreement on a single one with all going to arbitration. He was at some point in the process removed by the NWA MEC but the damage was done. The new joint contract took effect only if we reached a negotiated seniority list. Arbitration meant that contract which captured tremendous value for all pilots would have been out the window. That is the reason DALPA did not want to go that route.

With the failure to negotiate a SLI the Joint contract was gone. Even so DALPA still does not want to go to arbitration. Arbitration is a exhausting process that leaves nothing but ill will. The federal government will not even allow us into arbitration until we have completed mediation. If we arbitrate the list the process can and most likely will take years. Just getting a arbitrator assigned can take one year in some cases. Here is the most recent DALPA statement on the process.