Originally Posted by
DAWGS
It's funny you talk of very low opinions, while just a few pages back you were trying to convince us all how little the airline pilot professional is actually worth.
I flew with ALPA negotiators and with management types while all this was going down and they both were operating from the same sheet of music. They used fear to get what they wanted. Fear is a very powerful tool.
I agree with 88 that facts should be given. Their opinion on the result of voting "no" should be withheld. I don't to this day think management or a judge would have burned this company down over the 76 seater. From what I understand that was the last item to negotiate. Our negotiators caved. It never should have made it to memrat.
It was in fact the last item negotiated. What you have to consider however is that the aircraft was already permitted under LOA 46 and already in service with Delta with 69 seats. The question was would a judge make Delta fly the aircraft around with less then optimal seating while trying to emerge from Chapter 11. I don't think that was a issue we were going to win. The agreement also increased the numbers but again I think the judge would have ruled for the Company. Remember that shortly before Delta management had somehow managed to have Judge Prudance removed from the case and her replacement was a hard core anti labor Bush judge.
I don't quite get the burn the company down part. The judge would have issued a ruling allowing the aircraft. Why would that burn down the company? The final size and numbers was a compromise from what the company was asking for but not a good one for us. The Judge could easily have given the company a lot more airframes or the 86 seats they wanted.