For the (former) NWA pilots, DAL's management's history of providing crew rest facilities is less than optimal.

I don't remember the whole story, but back when DAL operated the MD-11 the crew rest facility on flights over 12 hours was lame, to say the least. Many pilots complained about it.

A Captain who was somewhat legendary as a good (and outspoken) guy was on a flight to Asia (don't remember the destination) from ATL and decided to divert to (I think) PDX as they weren't able to get satisfactory rest in the crew rest facility.

The company went ballistic and the story made the Wall Street Journal. ALPA totally won the PR campaign with the public.

IIRC the crew rest facility was "built" after takeoff and stowed before landing...all in view of the passengers. ALPA described it in the WSJ as something like "...imagine the three stooges trying to put up a tent...".

It really was pretty funny.

I hope someone corrects any (and all) mistakes I made in the re-telling.