Ok, I get Aunt Family Medical Leave Act. Who is Uncle BOB, Baby on Board?

There is a lot of leverage held by NWA in the process. Management at Delta has big plans for shifting aircraft around to get the right size aircraft on the right routes and maximize revenue. They also need to get the stock price up both for financing realities and there own personal gain via options. All of these things require a joint contract. I am willing to bet that LOA 19 will never go into effect and we will get a joint contract prior to DCC. The nice thing about LOA 19 is it provides a much higher starting point in the process. The new joint contract will not be near as good as what was on the table and lost however that is the reality of the rapidly changing cost of fuel.

Uncle BOB I think is BLOCK OR BETTER. It was all over the crew changing room.

which pilot group has but the split between the pilot groups right now?

I find it interesting that you use words like "our" airline and yet you would leave half of "your" pilots behind with LOA19.

hopefully sailingfun is right and you get a joint contract and SLI otherwise both pilot groups will be to blame.

Eric.. you are so clueless it is beyond comprehension...

I suspect Eric has never even read LOA 19 yet he is an expert on it. It provides great protections for both pilot groups and leaves no one behind. I had a NWA friend who called me upset about LOA 19. I forwarded him a copy of it and he called me back an hour later and said "I don't see what the big deal is, this helps us all". He even commented he was very surprised at the scope section and the protections Dalpa put in place for the NWA pilots.

Why not Post LOA 19 so we all can see it. Information is power.

It's pretty long...... Check out the crewroom in DTW there were a a few copies posted there.

if it leaves no one behind, are the nwa pilots getting the raises that you are along with equity?

just look in the mirror for once...