Originally Posted by
KeaauFlyer
The DL pilot's union has a history of brinksmanship and holding out until very late in the game before becoming serious about compromising...In fairness, it could be said that the NW guys want to hold on to their pensions and their seniority, too. This should be interesting.
Is this why the DL pilots balked at mediation when NW ALPA suggested it? What are they afraid of? Having an arbitrator saying that 20 years in flying heavies trumps 5 years of 733s? It is interesting that many on this forum and NW forum are against a merger of these two dance partners, but for extremely different reasons.