Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

Sink r8 is right here. NWA guys were shocked to see no credit for date of hire, and DAL guys were shocked to see pull and plug. After the initial shock, reality sets in and you just move ahead. My guess is that AirTran won't get any credit for their dates of hire, and Southwest will lose some relative position. You'll be shocked, then angry, then you'll just move ahead.



This is true as well, but the arguments are coming to an end with regard to Delta's Information Technology. We former NWA pilots were shocked to see this as the backbone of Delta's IT:





Now we see promise that we'll move to the digital age:





Oh well...baby steps I guess.

Carl