Originally Posted by
Airsupport
no i am not implying obama wins. i said there will be a change in the administration, be it mcain or obama there is a change coming. and like i said earlier it will be nearly 4 years since our contract was ammendable by the time the new president has been in office a few months.
the mediator can also say the company isn't negotiating in good faith by just doing a few lines at a time. i am just saying that delta has a big vested interest in us getting a contract. they dont care how much we are paid or what kind of contract we get, they will leave that decision to pinnacle, what they will care about is a pilot group that has had an amendable contract for over 3 years and the 99 percent strike vote. that is what they care about.
A absolutely agree with that statement. I also know that DAL said they would never again be shut down by a labor dispute with a regional. At a time when all airlines are teetering on oblivion, I personally feel that politics will never allow a strike to happen that would cost a carrier money and then result in an increase in costs. If 9E has a strike that adversely affects DAL, which it would through the 900 flying and the loss of most of NWA's feed, rest assured they could easily pull the plug on both outfits. I have to believe that DAL negotiated a get out of jail free provision in their agreement with 9E stating that any strike resulting in a shutdown of Pinnacle operations would nullify the codeshare contract.
I was at Comair years ago and went through their issues first hand. All I can say is I was naive back then about what a strike is about and what it does. I thought it was a powerplay against management back then. Times are different now and so is my attitude towards a strike. Be careful what you wish for, as it could come true.