I like this Anderson guy.

Its nice to feel like you're at an airline that has a senior management team that is better than every other senior management team around.

It also means he's better at getting what he wants out of labor. :eek:

Don't break open the Kool-aid just yet, its waaaaay too soon to tell. I agree some optimism is refreshing and we should all hope for the best, but the jury is still out on our current management team. Let's see what happens with our next contract.

Leo Mullen was pretty popular before he showed his true colors - which by the way didn't take too long.

Scoop

The good thing is....we have 5000 friends in our seniority list who have personally worked under Anderson. That's at least a somewhat more known enemy (or friend... depending on mood.... let's just go with entity).

True, but judging from the way he has handled this merger, I think Anderson realizes the importance of having a employment/pilot group on management's side. There were probably many different ways that management could have embittered the two pilot groups by batting one against the other through this merger.

Anderson appears to be aware of the importance of having a happy pilot/employee that is on the same side as management. Ultimately treating the employees like garbage will turn the final DAL-branded service product into garbage as well. I don't necessarily agree with "slacking off" as a way to hurt the company, but with a group of 12,000+ pilots I can guarantee there are those who will "slack off" as a form of retribution to managment.

Management is still management at the end of the day, so i don't expect our union people will have a walk in the park when 2012 comes around, but it's nice to see that management is willing to flex slightly to keep the pilots happy. The pilot groups went above and beyond to make this merger work and I think the company sees that the expectations will be high.

Man... I wish the ones that keep eating my mangoes would do that.. I'd introduce then to a barrell of 00 buckshot... overkill I know. There is nothing nice about raccoons, except the tail makes a nice hat adornment. :D

Carl!!!!!!!... did you really say that We didn't buy NWA????? I am speechless. Welcome aboard. You have either really made the transition or forgot to logoff. :D

That's way too much of a stretch. None of the players (except us of course) are on the property when that thing went down. While it might be a nice feel good thing, it's kind of like reparations for things that happened 150 years ago.

Now that is funny!

They are determined little rascals. I have a few that try to open a 20lb grill top to go after the grease. Now that is motivation!

It will not be a walk in a park, and this group has their expectations high. We will see how "willing" everyone is in about two years.