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Originally Posted by staplegun
Here you go, Carl...
Looks like your guys are liars!
Staplegun,
This is so interesting. You've just read the same letter I have from DALPA and your conclusion is that our guys are liars. Let's recap shall we? Here was my previous post on the subject and the one you used as a quote in your post:
I don't need to ask our MEC Chairman for a clarification, the entire videotaped press conference (including his quote that DALPA is now inexplicably FOR arbitration) is on youtube and other spots. He said what he said, it's on videotape...if you hear it you'll see that no clarification is needed. If it is not true, if NWALPA is lying, how easy would it be for DALPA to issue a statement reiterating their long standing belief that arbitration is a failed process and a non-starter? That would instantly clear things up and make DALPA look consistent before and after the signing of the LOA. It would also prove your assertion that NWALPA got it wrong.
Now you post the letter from DALPA and you highlight all the things you think makes NWALPA liars. Read what I said above. Our guys were saying DALPA is now inexplicably for arbitration. I was trying to find out if that was true. You read the latest DALPA letter and say it's proof that NWALPA are liars. But look at what the end of the DALPA letter says - (my emphasis added)
"We have been in contact with both Delta management and the Northwest MEC leadership, and we are attempting to schedule preparations between the two Negotiating Committees and actual negotiations with the company as soon as practical. We will continue to pursue a single joint contract with full parity for the Northwest pilots to take effect at the close of the corporate transaction. We are also committed to the premise that seniority integration should be accomplished after negotiation of the single joint contract by expedited negotiations and, if necessary, expedited arbitration to be completed before closing of a corporate transaction. Unlike our attempt to reach a cooperative seniority list integration before the merger announcement, arbitration can have a role post announcement, either through ALPA merger policy or earlier, through mutual agreement."
I was going to leave you with the rhetorical question of how that makes NWALPA liars, but I won't. It won't do any good. It is an amazingly interesting study of human nature though. Good people from the same industry who read the same letter come to a totally different opinion.
Carl