I don't think the IAM will be easy to get rid of. They represent rampers, agents and res agents and thats a whole lotta people at NWA.

I think your right. Will be just awholelotta leaflet passing out and voting for the next several years. Just a funny asside, one of our union officer type FAs was relating a story of when he was talking to a Delta FA about AFA. She said "I'd love to join but myyyy daddy would just disown me if I joined a union"

Ferd

Yes, I believe they do. Talk to them sometime and see how they feel about this merger. We're all in this together. I think the IAM will put up a fairly good fight so as not to lose their share..they have already lost a lot with the B/K. How about your dispatchers?..small group but still very important to the operation. I believe Delta has an inhouse union, or association, and NWA has the TWU. I don't see two dispatch offices..so it will probably will be located in ATL. After talking to alot of my friends, they feeling I get is that all you hear about in the news is the pilots, and not one other employee group being mentioned. Their are a lot of people that are going to be affected by this merger. I think all employees are important to get the job done. after all this ranting, this is still a pilot forum:D

Of course I don't know the big picture wrt to certification/decertification of unions, but I do know that the WAL FAs were unionized... the PAA FAs were union... and they are not now. See a pattern? I'm betting that when DAL has the entire enchilada, those other unions will go the way of the DoDo too... I have been wondering about this for some time...

Priceless!:D

Listen, kid! I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I'm out there busting my buns every night. Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes.:)

Billy....do you like gladiator movies? :eek:

Carl

Another priceless qoute and yes lol!:eek: