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Pre-merger contracts (and LOA 19) are meaningless in this process IMO. The arbitrators understand that none of this would have happened (including LOA 19) without the desire on the part of DAL and NWA to merge. Period.Originally Posted by wiggy
Yeah, now they pay more. In the premerger contracts the difference in pay between the 767/757 fleet (213 is the quantity of airplanes, BTW) and the A-330 (32 aircraft, BTW) was a whopping $1.53/hr.
All the pre-merger business plans, fleet forecasts, etc., are meaningless. Constructive notice to all parties that a merger is taking place happened months ago. A snapshot of fleets and pilots have already been taken, and that's what the arbitrators will work off of. All the rosey forecasts, as well as all the dire ones, are nothing but items for our attorneys to debate and produce billable hours.
Carl