Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
My bet is that it's going to take longer than that to reach 6,500 cards, and as such, the vote will not take place until after the new contract is signed. It will be nice to have a new union in place then. A union that will actually defend the contract.
The 2018 time frame will depend on the company, the NMB, and DALPA. But it is an excellent plan to have a new union by then to defend the new contract. I'll be 60 in 2016 so I probably won't see very much of the new contract.
Carl
WOW, Carl. So is it your understanding that DPA will continue their card drive while we are in the middle of Section 6 negotiations? That's certainly a recipe to ensure failure for ALL Delta pilots. Hard to maximize our leverage if 2000 guys are trying to decertify the union's collective bargaining agent.
Nice.