Originally Posted by Bigflya

The DC-9 is a "furlough jet." Your mgmt has told as much by systematically parking them. They are 35+ years old, horribly inefficient, and the flying was quickly being replaced by commuter jets from Mesaba and Compass. Your 787's are coming in who knows when and NWA will not pay to keep hundreds of pilots on the payroll while they waited. You guys rightously made deals to keep as many guys on the property as you could but eventually the numbers would have caught up with you. NWA's old fleet and past commuter jet concessions should not be carried on the backs of the DAL pilot group. When gas skyrocketed, the majority of our cuts came at the commuter level thus saving mainline jobs.