Schwanker
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My hope was that you would negotiate your own LOA 19 instead of rushing the entire group into a 4-5 year contract in these industry conditions.
This naive position is the problem. Management loves divide and conquer techniques. If DALPA didn't let greed get in the way, both pilot groups could have negotiated a joint contract utilizing max leverage. This coupled leverage would have helped seal in scope gains and job protections. Instead DALPA choose to exclude the NWA pilots and lay in bed with management via LOA 19. This allowed management to neutralize most the leverage DALPA brought to the table. It will be interesting how this plays out, but a golden opportunity was missed. It could turn real ugly real fast.
Schwanker