this is huge. The DL NWA merger lost a lot due to the NWA MEC doing dumb egotistical stuff and not taking advantage of the full contract that the dominant DL MEC negotiated. Anderson ended up voiding it, and the MECs ended up having to give up scope to make it work. (Apologies to comair folks)

In the deal Anderson and the DL MEC negotiated there were a lot of concessions from the company and a big stock deal to all pilots in order to make the merger seamless. The nwa mec played dirty to the dl mec, arguing they should have violated their confidentiality agreement, all were replaced but one eventually.