Originally Posted by
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Something to ponder ...
If the Delta MEC negotiates with Delta Management and Delta Management OWNS Comair, why couldn't the Delta MEC simply negotiate with Delta Management if they wanted their furloughed pilots hired at Comair without resigning seniority?
Why was JC Lawson involved at all?
Without going into all the RLA/NMB legal reasons --
We were trying to be politically correct and good union "brothers".
In hindsight we should have gone around Lawson. The Comair MEC at that time was a wholly owned subsidiary of the RJDC. Will Buergey walked into an ambush.
I truly feel for guys like Boomer and the rest of the junior Comair guys who were just along for the ride. They are the real victims of the knucklehead lifers who were running the show back then. The way the strike was handled and the whole RJDC thing has cost them their airline.
I'll give you guys the last word about those events.
I'd rather focus on the future and figure out how O"Malley could best approach management and tell them we need some relief from this bankruptcy contract RIGHT NOW. The pilot group is not going to wait until 2013.