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I risk being jumped on by some of my fellow Old Delta guys here, but I agree with sailingfun and Ferd here. Delta guys did much better seniority wise than the NWA guys did. On day one I moved up .015%. Five years I'm up 1.1%. 10 years I'm up 5.7%. 15 years I'm up 6.2%. 20 years I'm up 4.6%. This is all compared to what my relative seniority would have been based on no merger. Personally I came out very good. Not all Delta guys came out as well, and some will take a huge hit in QOL due to the no fences on the aircraft. I completely understand why they are not completely happy. Originally Posted by sailingfun
Ferd is correct here. The Delta pilots who always want to view the glass as half full are taking one career snapshot as of 8 Dec. To understand and look at the true integration of the lists they have to be viewed over time at least in 5, 10, 15 and 20 year snapshots depending on how long one has left to work. The Delta pilots took a near term hit in relative position via the 274 pullouts however they make that back over time and actually begin to gain if you have more then 5 years to go. The arbitrator balanced the higher average fleet size with the higher average retirements at NWA and arrived at the 274 number. I am sure that Delta pilots want it lower and NWA pilots wanted it higher.
So, old NWA guys are ****ed about seniority and old Delta guys are ****ed about the fence issue. I'll probably get displaced out of my base in the short term and will never see the QOL in my base that I would have had we not had the merger. You know what, there is nothing I can do about it so I don't care. Look at the positves you gained and life will be much better. NWA guys have more options on more widebodies and Delta guys got a little bit better relative seniorty. We're both lucky, move on.