ultrarunner
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As of this moment, I have received notice that DAL and NWA could not come to terms on a SLI deal. Thus, no merger as of now
Hey Puff, check your history and tell me that last time airline management waited for a couple of pilot groups to get in bed with each other before they decided to merge/buyout/aquire/etc...
The NWA and Delta pilot groups "attempted", and I use that term loosely, to come to an "agreement" that would be used during the integration.
The short version is the two groups essentially, and smartly IMO, attempted control their own destiny.
That failed, and IMHO will have little to no bearing on what NWA and DAL management decide. Their responsibility is with the investors.
In the end, if the merger goes forward, the pilot groups will fight it out like in the past, and eventually it will go to binding arbitration. And NO, I don't think the groups are smart enough to avoid that. If they were, they'd have already come to an agreement. But egos are big and history has shown it typically takes an arbitrator to put those egos back in line.
Ultra