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"Um, Mr. arbitrator, we know that we wanted NWA to get no credit for the 787 orders

And this is precisely why we didn't want you to get credit for them because they are NOT something you are bringing into this merger if they are not going to be around for another 5 years. Everyone has seen this one coming for months except the NWA "experts". The big question is how will Bloch account for replacement aircraft since it looks like some of the 777's will now be replacement aircraft. Maybe 1 for 1 entitlement to those additional 777 positions. :) We'll know next week I guess.
 
"Um, Mr. arbitrator, we know that we wanted NWA to get no credit for the 787 orders, but now that they have been converted, let's just go ahead and fence those of for the DAL pilots. I mean the 787 hasn't even flown yet and we all know about the production line, aircraft on the assembly line, Boeings reputation for crappy planes. This is the ONLY fair answer."

Don't worry, you guys said you MIGHT bring 30 DC9s out of the desert. That should cover 18 787 slots worth of pilots......right? You are overstaffed waiting for those 787s anyway, so maybe those DC9s will do the trick, if they come out of the desert...


Bye Bye--General Lee
 
Now this comes as such a complete surprise. (TIC)

Haven't I been saying this for some time? Funny thing is they are going to convert them to the 777-300. A 744 REPLACEMENT.Same thing the 787 was bought for.

So, where will the 742s go? Connie and Evergreen are starting to park their's right now. I guess the NWA guys think we will continue to operate them forever.......riiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Let's hope Bloch and company can see the light, we did state at least 10 were going to go away sooner than later. It's all about what you bring to the table.


Bye Bye---General Lee
 
Don't worry, you guys said you MIGHT bring 30 DC9s out of the desert. That should cover 18 787 slots worth of pilots......right? You are overstaffed waiting for those 787s anyway, so maybe those DC9s will do the trick, if they come out of the desert...


Bye Bye--General Lee

Hey Fly4hire, what did that take, 5 posts. too funny. These guys are way too easy.
 
So, where will the 742s go? Connie and Evergreen are starting to park their's right now. I guess the NWA guys think we will continue to operate them forever.......riiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Let's hope Bloch and company can see the light, we did state at least 10 were going to go away sooner than later. It's all about what you bring to the table.


Bye Bye---General Lee

Hey Einstein, please give me the arbitrated cases that discussed what "might" happen to a fleet in regards to parking them. I'll try to make it easy for you, there isn't any. Lots of awards dealing with orders, but not reductions. Glad Y'all spent all that time on that though.
 
Hey Fly4hire, what did that take, 5 posts. too funny. These guys are way too easy.

Hey ACL65, check out these NWA guys, they are CRAZY! See, only 2 posts by me, and THEY TURN CRAZY. HAHAHAHAHA. (??) Isn't that funny ACL?

Bye Bye--General Lee
 
Hey ACL65, check out these NWA guys, they are CRAZY! See, only 2 posts by me, and THEY TURN CRAZY. HAHAHAHAHA. (??) Isn't that funny ACL?

Bye Bye--General Lee

Don't worry, ACL is on other boards telling everyone about the "good" news coming on Tuesday. You know, the news right after DAL announced "reductions". Sounds to me like he's getting a bit worried.
 
Hey Einstein, please give me the arbitrated cases that discussed what "might" happen to a fleet in regards to parking them. I'll try to make it easy for you, there isn't any. Lots of awards dealing with orders, but not reductions. Glad Y'all spent all that time on that though.


"There ISN'T ANY." That is a great quote. As an illustrious DC9 Captain, do you say that on the crackling PA to the folks "Folks, we are looking for gates, but right now THERE ISN'T ANY."

Anyway, our main deal with facing reductions was to tear apart your assertion that the fleet snapshot should be done on Jan 1st of 08, instead of our actually giving you July 1st (should have been DCC though), and that showed a LARGE reduction in your fleet and manning requirements. The fleet differences between Jan 1st and July 1st are pretty large, and they should count. Your silly assertions that people were "talking" about the merger (even though the merger itself was stopped once due to future mangement disagreements) before it was officially announced is ridiculous, and we did spend a lot of time on that topic, which will be rewarded. You know, I seem to recall a possible story RA might have told somebody about a time when he may have been sitting on the toilet back in 2002, and might have thought to himself, "NWA and Delta would be a good combo.....?" Why didn't you guys use THAT date instead of Jan 1st? You could have included your DC10s back then, and maybe the old Republic Convair propliners.... Classic. We did focus on reductions, now didn't we?


Bye Bye--General Lee
 

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