Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
If Compass had been kept under mainline ALPA, wouldn't it have strengthened DALPA's their case for accreting that flying? Sure, DALPA would have had to take the Compass pilots too (which apparently will happen anyway) but I imagine a staple along with some sort of fence could have been negotiated.
I'll be the first to admit I don't know the ins & outs of Compass/Delta/NWA and certainly don't know the internal politics...but at least for a while, Compass was owned by Delta and their pilots represented by DALPA (unlike Comair & Mesaba)...I'm not sure the process going forward will be any less complicated than that.
If Compass & Delta had merged then one NC would be representing both merging pilot groups. This would be a problem, as there were pilots who had been at Compass longer then some pilots had been at NWA/DAL. Do you see the conflict of interest now? How would protect the interests of each group when you represent both of them? Do you recall the whole RJDC mess? Comair guys wanting DOH? Lawsuits coming about?