Yup... In about 150 years we should be caught up.

That's just like when we had them in DFW, and then SLC. When I was a 90 driver in SLC, we flew the 90 about 90% or more. When we would occasionally get an 88, we would have to be extra vigalant with some of the systems. i.e. electrical/APU system. Since the MSP base is closer to 88 bases, this 90% may not hold true. When I got A training in the 90, I never even saw the cockpit of it until my IOE. That was strange, let me tell you. I was jumping into an airplane I hadn't really been trained to fly. Although very similar, the MD-90 is a different animal than the 88. Kind of like 757/767. Hopefully the training department has changed that now.

They will settle for the size 28 red dress.. I am sure of it.:eek:

OK, that makes total sense. I was wondering why they would not do that. Thanks. There is hope for this management yet. It was very limiting for crew scheduling when we would get out there with a 90 and break down, because we (SLC) crews were the only crews that could fly them.

That's what I would do if I were the judge or mediator. You guys can sit on the sidelines and fly the 744 until you come to your senses. Three or four months on furlough ought to do it.

Man I wish they'd let the ATL guys fly it, just to go ATL-MSP-SFO-MSP-RNO-MSP-ATL.

They are trying to manufacture leverage. The Delta F/A's would have to take significant compensation cuts if they voted for AFA now. The Delta F/A's have had two raises since the merger, NW AFA not so much. The AFA is probably trying to find a way to increase their wages prior to the vote to make it easier to prevail. Overall, the AFA when given a choice of how to handle this merger has made the wrong choice. The flailing will continue until the vote is taken.

It wont be decided by a judge or a mediator. It will be a arbitrator from the NBM. He can rule allmost anyway he wants. If he decides the intent of their scope clause was to have NWA flight attendants only working NWA mainline equipment he will order that to happen. I don't think there is really in chance he will try and keep the pilot groups apart. If the AFA wins this issue look for Delta to play hardball. I would expect the following announcement.

Since we are only allowed to fly NWA flight attendants on former NWA equipment and we have retired a significant number of NWA aircraft we find we are overstaffed. Sadly we will have to furlough 500 flight attendants from the NWA side until we resolve the integration issue.

I think you're right Alfa, the bleeding will continue until that vote happens. For nearly twenty years my wife has been against a union, but things have changed and she is ready for one now. I quite imagine it was the same at NWA's, but here at DAL, FA's started out on reserve until they could hold a regular line. In most cases this took anywhere from 7 to 10 years or more. A few years ago they changed this rule so that everybody had to do reserve. All except of course the senior FA's which don't have any reserve at all. As always, they were protected. So FA's with over 20 years are once again tagged with reserve duty so that the junior ones don't have to have all the reserve duty. Ater 20 years of reserve duty, she is ready for some change.

There is no question in my mind that is what the company would do, and should do. I'm not a company man, but I recognize a good fight versus a ridiculously bad fight. They don't seem to know what battles they should be fighting. Lets see, size 28 red dress for the ones who can't put the donut box down, and they only want to fly with NWA's crews. Pretty important stuff in which to blockade the progress of the company. I hope they figure it out soon. I can't wait to see one of them squeezed into one of those size 28 dresses. Should be quite the eye closer.