Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

Bid period 5 is when NWA pilots will be fully operating by the terms of the new joint pilot contract. Bid period 5 will occur 5 bid periods after bid period 1. Bid period 1 will begin at "some point soon" as determined by the committee studying when bid period 1 should happen. Until then NWA pilots still operate under many of the old rules - which is highly advantageous to the new Delta.

And by the way, I'm not kidding. That's why we NWA guys make fun of "bid period 5."

Carl