Delta Strike
 

Does anyone really think they will really strike? I saw in the paper the practice strike with some 275 pilots walking around ATL terminal. When would it happen?

Trying to get the management nervous?

No. I dont think they will strike. Too much to lose despite what they say.

Not a prayer... too much as stake.

Prediction
 

If the contract is rejected, Yes. In that case, DALPA says the strike would occur "at a time of our choosing". Labor experts are split on the legality of such a strike--this scenario has not been tested before. The panel's decision is due on April 15, but extensions of that deadline to allow more negotiations could well occur.

I don't think we'll ever see a panel decision, because some kind of deal will be reached first. Management is beginning to smell a "no-win" situation. If the panel rules against them, they get no additional pilot concessions. If it rules for them and the contract is rejected, they may have no pilots. Better to "split the difference" and get half a loaf now. They know that they can always file another 1113 later in front of a friendly judge. As long as Delta is in bankruptcy, all "deals" are only temporary. :mad:

whats a practice strike?

I don't know thats what the newspaper said. You know how accurate the papers are;) I think it was just a show of force to intimidate the arbitration panel.

I suppose that if there is a stike at Delta soon, the company will tank. Then everyone, including the pilots, will end up screwing themselves while the executives will land softly elsewhere on golden parachutes.

It makes no sense to strike when a company is on the verge of collapse... I say weather the storm and when things get better, demand for pay raises. If that doesn't work, at least then a stike would not destroy the company, but make it lose enough money to get investors to pressure management to talk to the unions.

I've been reading quite a few threads here and it seems that there is a high level of pride on the employee side of the airlines... so much so that they are willing to destroy a company and put themselves out of work rather than work for less. It must be understood that the airline industry is a high cost, low margin industry with little competative advantages between companies (especially when everything that an airline does in terms of strategy is a matter of public record).

As long as there are more pilots than there are airline jobs, airlines will push for lower wages... and as long as people are willing to pay no more than $79 each way to Fort Myers, airlines are not going to raise salaries either.

Good post...but I find it odd that many people are saying here, and on another Posting Board, the NWA guys should reject the T/A and take a stand...and NOT "weather the storm" I guess it depends who you are working for now...it all sucks....

A "practice strike" means walking through an airport convincing travellers that they should really be booking on Delta's competitors instead of risking a purchase on an airline that the pilots are threatening to kill. It's this sort of keen business sense that gives ALPA the insight into what a company should or should not pay its employees.