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However, from the Delta side, there is almost nothing in this TA that's an improvement over the present status quo, including LOA 19, and the SLI remains a crapshoot. For the junior Delta pilot, the risk of this TA passing is far higher than from it failing. Standalone Delta is already looking to resume hiring in the fall.
I'd prefer to send this back to management explaining that we're going to need significant improvements over Letter 19 (for both pilot groups) to encourage us to sign off on this. The worst thing that can happen is no improvement over LOA 19, which is pretty much what we've got in this TA anyway. Eventually, there will be a JPWA, which won't be less than LOA 19 or the Delta pilots won't vote for it, nor will we support a joint contract that doesn't include parity for NWA, so essentially, there is very little risk in turning this offer down, while there is lots of risk for little reward (especially from the Delta perspective) in signing off on this now.
If you think your more safe by voting "no" you got a harsh reality coming. With the rate that airlines are ripping through cash at, where do think DAL will come up with the money to pay for those B777s? You think that these orders and options are the solution to $140 barrel oil? They don't do you a whole lot of good when you can't pay for the gas and you can't fill the seats. DAL may be looking at the
possibility of hiring in the fall, but we all know that could change tomorrow, or it may have changed already. Stop thinking about the fall or next year even, and start thinking about the long term.
There is an INCREDIBLE RISK in voting NO, because this merger is going to happen. And if there isn't parity and equality from day one we might as well of stayed seperate because we would have been better off.