That would **** off a lot of people. You sell the airline with intent for a contract to 2020 and then leave it to the union to void it. Management tactics 101 .....I guess mainline wins with scope and management wins with less contracts and one less regional.

How exactly would the union void it? Both the unions and the regionals have legal binding contracts. It is just a matter of who budges if you ask me.

I just don't know where DL would go from here. You would have to cancel both 9E and CZ contracts and then hopefully find a new home for all the rj's. If you bring the rj's to mainline then there is also big $$$ in training/hiring. If the have to be sold then good luck I guess.

Staplejob sure seems like the easiest thing for all parties at this point.

I am sure Delta has a plan. I just really, really, really, really want to know what it is.

Weren't we just discussing a CZ staple resulting from the merger too? I thought DL pilots were opposed. Please correct me if I am wrong.

I do not disagree. That is management 101. ("We have a contract we need to honor DALPA!")

Like I said, I do not think that the transaction has taken place, just a agreement for sale. Lots of mileage to go before this one is done.

I am also not saying that DALPA would agree with this, after all it is not like this section of the PWA is hidden from management :rolleyes:

I do not believe that is how it was framed. The spin off the the CPS pilots to their own MEC was so that their pilots had a voice that was not the DALPA voice and DALPA would not serve two masters if it were to come to that.

In other words, would it be wise to have the DALPA MEC representing the CPS pilots if we were to merge?

Gotcha. Thanks. Just had to refresh my memory with this whole crazy week.

And the downside of this would be??

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And the lawyers answers are subject to other lawyers answers, appeals, stays, injunctions, etc., etc......

nevermind...........

That just blew my mind. Makes perfect sense.