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Originally Posted by Denny Crane
Nu,
I hope you don't get torpedoed!!! Thanks for seeing my point. I understand yours in regards to the total number of PnP. I believe that discussion will lead us no where. You are exactly right, it is what it is!!!
Denny
Heyas Denny,
The way I see the SLI was as a compromise, and I'm not QUITE as hardover has some of my red tailed compatriots....
The compromise was to give NWA guys seniority for bigger things now, and the DAL guys seniority for later. The relatively older NWA group gets to play now, and the younger DAL groups gets to play later.
The big hiccup was thinking that any kind of status quo could have been fair to both sides at the same time. I never thought a BIG fence would be part of the package, so there were really a limited number of ways you could go.
Only a fool would think that growth was a guarantee, and the arbitrators acknowledged that. The people who got dinged because of this was the junior DAL guys who are going to wind up stagnant or backwards for a number of years, but are severely disappointed because they believed the DAL MECs testimony of "international growth is where it is", which was really only a dog and pony show for the arbitrator. They fell victim to "believing your own press releases". Fact is they could only hold what they held because of a temporary hiccup is lost on them.
There is a relatively narrow window of opportunity for fNWA guys to advance. This was permitted by the arbitratior because this group is relatively older, and starts to REALLY peel off and retire in the next 3-4 years. AFTER this time, the fDAL guys, especially the younger ones, will enjoy a much better percentage progression than they would have. So for some temporary pain, they get some payback down the road, where they can take advantage of the generally younger nature of their group.
There are some outliers that get hosed....older, junior DAL guys. Someone always pays full retail, and it looks like they did. By that same token, some NWA 2001 hires are behind DAL 07 hires, so there is plenty of junior pain to spread around.
There are also a limited number of NWA guys that did better that DOH, BUT, with any slotting scheme, this is going to happen no matter what you do. The arbitrator COULD have said no better than DOH, BUT, that would have been admitting that DOH DOES matter, rendering the rest of his award extremely suspect.
Even if they tripled the number of pullouts, my relative position would have only changed about 0.5%, so in the end it wouldn't have made much difference to me.
Nu