Originally Posted by
TheMoose
If they approve giving the Delta board proxy control (which they almost certainly will do), it will allow Delta to approve the merger within hours (or minutes) of DoJ approval. That's all this vote does. The DoJ decision could still take until Nov/Dec. or later to be delivered.
I'm sure they would like it to be approved as quick as possible. However, they have until Jan 20 to close the deal. Anything after that and DL/NW would likely have to add additional labor agreements.