From what I have heard, NWA pilots wants to "burn their own house down, because they got left out of negotiations with DAL pilots. They started a job action called BOB, i.e. burns a lot of fuel. NWA pilots want top 500 seats and throw the bottom 2000 DAL pilots at the end of the list and of course N pilots want immediate pay parity. I guess it doesn't hurt to ask.
Of course, I can't blame DAL pilots for signing a side letter. It's hard to negotiate when your MEC chairman is (NWA) on vacation in Mexico and time was of the essense. So now the N pilots are mad, the deal before isn't as good as before and they are demanding this and that. So I guess they want to burn the house down because that will teach DAL.
If that happens, I sure hope everybody is wearing asbestos. I guess DAL doesn't have to acquire NWA, especially if NWA pilot "burns the house down." Then where does that leave NWA? Chapter 7? If it is Ch7, then the NWA pilots can apply to fly for DAL and start at the bottom and it also leaves a lot more other employees without a job. NWA pilots actions will set the stage wheather NWA employees will have a job or not.
NWA and DAL pilots really don't want a merger, who really does, but it's gonna happen. It is now the survival of the largest and leanest. Take a look at the geopolitics. Tell a NWA pilot they better hurry and sign a contract. Your job may depend on it.
Good luck everyone.
