Just spitballin' but couldn't JB's move to increase competition on routes with major carriers be an attempt by their management to get one of said major carriers to purchase/merge with them?

Denny

Would A321's be a new category, or just bigger planes that pay the same as a A319's?

It is easier than that.

Every Officer of our union has an affirmative duty to uphold the Constitution of our union. Every Officer should seek compliance with our Admin Manual. Easy to agree there.

No need to plea bargain with national. No redress is sought and there is no punishment to levy. It is the very simple matter of placing management and ALPA on notice.

ALPA's certainly read enough Letters of Warning to know how to write one. No finding of guilt to dispute; just a clarification that we expect compliance.

I'm sure the company will want to make it a common category with the 320/319. Hopefully we will manage to jack up the A320 rate in exchange.

Seems it should put in the same category as the 757.

"The A321 typically accommodates 185 passengers in a two-class configuration (16 in first class and 169 in economy) – while offering unbeatable economics in high-density seating (with up to 220 passengers) for charter and low-cost operators".

http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamili...20family/a321/

Seems plausible.

And if you would have quoted the entire thing, those sort of things are options, if the MEC comes to the consensus that the AM PM or C&BL were not complied with.

The hair splitting of fleet guarantees that are in the bridge agreement are for the permitted aircraft that can be flown off of the DAL seniority list. Its a guarantee to the Pinnacle Pilots and mirrored in the commercial agreement of permitted aircraft. If I recall its says the PWA of the DAL pilots still governs too. Depending on how you see this wording would determine if the AM section 40 even needed to have the meet and confer, or if the negotiations DALPA had and that meet and confer sufficed. That is one of the differences of opinion I have seen on this. Most do not understand any of it to begin with, and before they can make a decision, they desire to understand that as well as legal, C&BL and PM ramifications or issues. Once that understanding is there, then people can start their process of deciding what, if anything they want to do.

Good interview and insight into our CEO's view of the industry:
Delta CEO Richard Andersen on Airline Industry: Video - Bloomberg

Has anyone here done a mortgage with Delta Community Credit Union (or Wings for that matter)?

Did a refi with them several years ago. It went very smoothly and the cost was minimal.