How old are you? 13?

+15

Yes we can. Our fingers were never in the room to touch the cookie jar and leave prints. When Delta merged with NWA certain agreements carried over. You seem to forget that NWA defends their turf tooth and nail. MKE is a great focus city for them. Why on earth do you think they wouldn't have gone for you and A. drive the purchase price for AAI higher or B. acquire majority stake and prevent AAI from coming in and bringing in a low cost carrier to drive yields down. Either way, you were in a precarious position. Following the credit debacle, high oil prices and falling economy, there was no way DAL vis-a-vis NWA could hope to retain their stake for a profit.

As others have said, you were a victim of your own management's incompetence and a victim of perhaps your own MEC's failure to put adequate protections in your own agreement with your airline.

True. Delta wanted Airtran to merge with Midwest. Not only would have it given them an out to relieve pressure in ATL, but an Airtran preoccupied with digesting a merger would have made a soft target to take advantage of.

Correct. We will just have to either given them MKE or kill 'em with tough competition.

I have looked at all the scope sections on DALPA's contracts from 96. I can't find a single thing about 30 percent ownership. The buyout by TPG capital was approved 16 Aug 2007. Delta was not involved in any way shape or form in the buyout. They were also not involved with NWA at the time. They supplied no cash and DALPA made no changes in any scope section. I can't speak for what may have happened at NWA but your facts are very wrong.

DALPA doesn't care about any other pilot group...They don't care about Midwest, and they didn't care about ASA or CMR....They only care about themselves....

As they absolutely should. DALPA cares about Delta pilots. That is it's only job!
Just like CMR's or United's or any other MEC should cares about their pilot group.

Once again there is no connection between DALPA and Midwest deal at the time of transaction.

You are absolutely correct that is the way this union is set up....It proves that we aren't a true "brotherhood"....We are all looking out for number one....and that ain't you....

Joe,
Sorry I don't see it that way.

The union is set up so that individual MEC's are working with their managements to raise/hold the bar.

If yours stopped doing that - recall them and stop blaming Delta.