Originally Posted by BoilerUP

I understand that...but it doesn't change the fact that Compass was the *best* opportunity Delta pilots had to recapture the large small jet flying that apparently is the biggest threat to their careers.

And they seemingly walked away from it without a second thought.



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.