Carl correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that your understanding is that once the merger is approved, that we are all DAL pilots.
I don't understand that to be the case. If an SLI cannot be agreed upon by the commencement of the merger, then we are still 2 seperate seniority lists with 2 seperate contracts when the merger begins.
It is because of this that it would be impossible to negotiate NWA furlough protection (or anything else) in LOA 19.
**my personal opinion and hope**
is that an agreement will be reached prior to the merger commencing giving protections and improvements to all, and LOA 19 will just go away. But until then, it's the only improvements that anyone will get unless the north guys have some leverage to negotiate with NW management.