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Originally Posted by sailingfun
There would not be a mixing of pilots until a SOC is achieved. That will not occur at the very earliest until late fall 09 and is more likely in 10. There has been discussion about what to do if furloughs are neccessary at NWA during that transition period. No idea at this point if they have made any choices. Pilots could be brought over to the Delta side but would have to go through the Delta new hire program if a SOC had not been obtained. You also have the issue of what seniority they would come over under since any negotiated list would normally not be effective until the SOC. It can get complex.
As Super92 said that NWA is no more likely to furlough than DAL at this point. In in August we had over 50 early retirements as well as 12 or so normal ones. One of our guys has a web site were you can track retirements and other departures. We have been averaging about 10 per month. We do monthly position awards and the latest one that came out was for December. That means that unless something catastrophic happens the earliest you would see a furlough is Jan 1. That date is after the new SLI will be released.
Now back to what happens if there are furloughs. Let's say that DAL is 100 understaffed and we are 100 overstaffed. The 2, soon to be 1 MEC, could work with Delta to forge a bridge agreement to allow those pilots to fly on DAL list. It is possible they would be placed on the bottom of the list but still paid for their years of service until SOC. Then at time of SOC they would go were they were on the SLI.
Confusing yes, but it has happened to some degree in the past here at NWA.