Kev3188
Veteran
When will people understand PAN AM was NOT a merger!
I know. I get it.
But when someone says, "Employees who came to DL through mergers were treated the same as DL people except for pensions which differed with each carrier," I have to assume they meant more than just WA and NW.
There is one reason DL has paid its employees close to industry standard: Because the unions have negotiated those salaries at other carriers. They (DL) do not do this because they love to make less profit by paying higher salaries....
BINGO.
Actually, Pan Am F/A's fared pretty well when they were hired at DL. Remember, they came to us when DL acquired certain Pan Am assets-it was certainly not a merger. DL protected the top 3,000 then slotted Pan Am F/A's. I'm not sure they received the same deal at UAL.
After the slotting, it was 3:1, correct?
Look, everyone is free to work (or not work) anywhere they want. There are many kool-aid drinkers at DL. It is not the utopia they seem to think it is. DL is not perfect, they have made mistakes. I left right before the merger, however, my better half is a PMNW pilot. He lost seniority. He thinks the technology is antiquated. He hates the kool-aid. But at the end of the day, he thinks it's a better work environment than he ever saw in his 12 years at NW.
Your better half and I must have started at ~ the same time. I can tell you that in my experience, the environment was much *better* in my ~12 years at NW prior to the merger, and that included some pretty dark times. As for the rest of his thoughts, we agree.
To argue over who did better during a BK is silly-nobody does well during a BK.
It's all relative.
Keeping quality talent is hard work, even in this economy.
DL seems to have very little interest in attracting and/or retaining talent; at least for the ACS group.