Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
In reading the transcripts of Dave Stevens testimony, isn't it obvious now that we can put to bed one nasty episode in this whole merger soap opera. It seems pretty clear that, contrary to the official communications of the Northwest MEC, the Delta MEC tried repeatedly to get the Northwest pilots to engage in negotiations during LOA 19. They also tried to get the original deal for the Northwest pilots, only to be rebuffed by Delta management. Finally, once the Northwest MEC determined they were being left behind, they tried to scuttle the Delta deal.
So perhaps the Northwest pilots who repeatedly attacked Delta pilots, calling them scabs and back stabbers, could at least recognize that they were wrong, and that the purpose of Letter 19 was to get money for both Delta pilots and Northwest pilots, money that will soon show up in your paychecks.
Is it too much to ask for at least one person to say, sorry, I was wrong? Probably.
The first part of your post that I have in bold font is total BS. Where is
THAT in the transcript?
I was trying to find an old post of mine, but it's no longer in the search archive. It was when DALPA actually set the date for negotiations for the new JPWA. When that date was set, I said that I felt Lee Moak was a man of integrity. He had a huge hammer against NWALPA that he could have used, but he didn't. He said all along that he wouldn't use this "perceived" hammer and he didn't.
I never said thank you, but I did apologize for thinking that the worst case scenario might happen.
I also said that LOA 19, and the JPWA would never have happened without the merger with NWA, so I don't concede that we NWA pilots owe everything to DAL. We both owe our futures to each other.
Carl