Originally Posted by
halls120
When DL and NW merged, the pilots had a joint contract before the merger closed, and the remaining employees afterwards.
It just doesn't seem like a unified work force is a high priority for this management team.
Originally Posted by
halls120
I know they are tricky. But DL managed to accomplish the task in far less time than UA is taking.
Mostly because DL is far less-unionized that UAL, and did not bring nearly the same degree of contentious relations to the table, though NW was no picnic, either.
Originally Posted by
woodway
I flew 875 a few days ago and chatted with one of the SEA based FA's about the switch over. She said it took everyone by surprise. The reason given was that the 787 would be more competitive on this route. The SEA FA base is staying open, but she was not sure what her future looked like...has been doing the SEA->NRT run for years and was not excited about going to be all domestic flying. She was hoping that maybe when sUA got their 787's delivered the route could switch back as it could be more cost-effective for SEA based FA's to operate the route than crews from Houston or Newark.
Hopefully within a year or so the situation will be resolved and the flight can be staffed out of the SEASW base regardless of equipment.