Delta, Northwest could announce merger in next week

[Cobra17]

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2008-04-08-nwa-delta-talks_N.htm

This will be fun to watch!

 

[Tanker Clown]

Holy sh!t. I wish I had a buck for every time this merger was going to be announced "next week."

Looks like the pilots can't agree yet...

When are you NWA/DAL guys going to start denying jumpseats to one another? This could make East/West look like a powder puff football game.

 

[StopNTSing]

Hey guys, just poop or get off the pot already!

 

[jonjuan]

There will not be a DAL/NWA merger.

 

[IXLR8]

I'd swear I read this last January/Feb/March/April.

 

[jetflier]

Practice makes perfect !

 

[Eagle757shark]

Delta talks with pilots may aid merger with Northwest: report

Wed Apr 9, 2008 7:30am EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Northwest Airlines (NWA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) could proceed with their merger announcement as early as next week if Delta's management wins in talks with its pilots, the Wall Street Journal said citing people familiar with the situation.
Merger talks between the two airlines cooled in March when pilots from both failed to agree on how seniority would work for the roughly 12,000 pilots in the combined carrier.
But it was reported recently that the airlines agreed to revive merger talks.
Delta and its pilots have been discussing a new contract that would be valid if the merger went through, but only for Delta aviators, the Journal said, citing people familiar with the talks.
Delta pilots are being asked to get rid of some restrictions in their current labor agreement to give the merged airline more flexibility, the Journal said.
The Northwest pilots' contract doesn't have as much restrictive language, the Journal reported, quoting sources familiar with the situation.
Delta is in talks with its pilots and hopes to reach an agreement by the end of the week, the report said citing people familiar with the situation. The faster both sets of pilots have the same contract and get on the same seniority list, the sooner the combined company can realize savings, the Journal said.
Delta representatives were not immediately available for comment.
A Northwest representative declined to comment.
(Reporting by Aarthi Sivaraman; Editing by David Cowell)

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[ACL65PILOT]

This is a dangerous game. Will we play with management?
Doubtful.
I hope that NWA's MEC sees what is going on and realizes that what we have proposed is very fair and falls along the lines of ALPA's merger and Fragmentation policy.

 

[Max Powers]

This is a dangerous game. Will we play with management?
Doubtful.
I hope that NWA's MEC sees what is going on and realizes that what we have proposed is very fair and falls along the lines of ALPA's merger and Fragmentation policy.

You don't have a choice. You will play with Mgmt.

Should have realized that when your sweetheart deal was out there. Nothing like ALPA overplaying it hands on the NWA side and the DAL side.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Oh I know that we will play, but I hope that we are not played.
I hope to god that we do not sell out our brothers from the North. That action in my opinion would be unacceptable. They (NWA ALPA) may need a swift kick, but not at the expense of alienating them. This would go too far.
Of course, this is up to the MEC and IF we get to vote then it is up to us.

 

[JonnyKnoxville]

Restrictions in their current agreement...

Like what?

Ownership rule changes in another airline so they can still own a stake in Midwest?

Scope relief?

God I hope not.

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

Stinks of Texas Air. Delta=Cal, NWA=Eal. Lot of Lorenzo proteges involved. The question is, will we fall for it? Sounds like the Delta boys don't mind being used as union breakers for a seniority grab. Maybe I am reading this wrong. Hope I am.






quote=ACL65PILOT;1558054]Oh I know that we will play, but I hope that we are not played.
I hope to god that we do not sell out our brothers from the North. That action in my opinion would be unacceptable. They (NWA ALPA) may need a swift kick, but not at the expense of alienating them. This would go too far.
Of course, this is up to the MEC and IF we get to vote then it is up to us.[/quote]

 

[Max Powers]

Scope relief?

God I hope not.

Yes God please NOOOOOO

 

[~~~^~~~]

Fin's SWAG....

Sounds like Delta's idea is a Delta airlines which gets all the new flying, while the NWA fleet is replaced on the top by Delta jets and on the bottom by RJ's.

The NWA Captains will gain a new title, "Plaintiff."

To enable this, Delta scope effectively goes away to enable outsourcing of the entire airline.

Delta pilots are told to look at the pay rates and ignore the line of 100 seat RJ's in line for departure on 27R.

 

[ACL65PILOT]

Sounds like a lot of BS to me. I want those 100 seaters here on DAL property. I will vote NO for anything that falls short of that.