Originally Posted by nwaf16dude

...a valid point, and I apologize to all my APC brothers for my failure.

Originally Posted by sailingfun

I would take the time to read the SLI transcripts. Start with page 1218 which has Stevens testimony. Here is a summary posted before.

///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.///

In addition DALPA's use of LOA 19 was exactly in accordance to what was stated at the time it was signed. It was not used as a few NWA pilots screamed it would be on this forum. To their credit several of those pilots later retracted their claims and admitted that DALPA followed through exactly as they said they would and did not attempt to use the agreement as leverage in the SLI.

One last point, LOA 19 was based on the joint contract negotiated by both sides and then not put into place because a agreement could not be reached on the SLI. There was a significant NWA participation on most aspects.