Frustrated response follows. I can't believe that we're devolving into this junk again. I'll call our CA folks Monday and verify. For similar reasons that Spackler wrote about Sailingfun's jumpseat post, I don't believe one bit of this. It's even more reprehensible that it's an "official" ALPA produced publication. What's the point of this communication anyway?

You've been getting stuff from your MEC administration since the merger process started (then broke apart) last February. You've seen many of the Delta MEC's communications discussed here as well. I've got a simple question for you.

Whose communications have been more accurate?

Before you answer, you might want to review YouTube, your roadshows, and your MEC Chair's testimony during the seniority list integration.

Then review the record of what actually happened.

There is a pattern with communications here. I talked with one of the transition group reps about the Duty Rigs. He was in the room when Section 12 was negotiated, as was your CA chairman that put this piece out. The guy that was in the room told me that everybody, including Ken Watts, acknowledged the intent of placing certain changes into bid period 5, including the duty rigs. It was his view that the rigs argument put forward by Watts was a grab for more than was negotiated by ALPA. The former NWA negotiating team and DAL's team met with management on the rigs issue just a couple of weeks back. Surprise, surprise, the record did not reflect your CA chair's point of view.

It's not FNWA MEC against DAL MEC and Delta management. On areas in which the record reflects a joint point of view, changes have been made. Look at the land grab former NWA management tried with sick leave. The DAL negotiators backed the NWA negotiators completely, as the DAL system was the intent of the negotiations. DAL (and FNWA management) agreed. NWA management changed their policy, eliminating Dr.'s notes and the 75% cutback for second sick calls.

I think our new Delta pilots formerly known as NWA pilots are really going to like incorporating the way DALPA does business into their union process. While DALPA is far from perfect, personally I can't wait until we have a single MEC and no more of this "he said-she said" baloney.