No, I don't think labor can "kill the deal.". We're labor. It's the shareholders' company.
Now it's in management's best interest to obtain the synergies this merger is supposed to bring about, which I have read is to the tune of over a billion dollars. How they arrived at that big number I have not seen, but surely a portion of that number will fall upon flight operations and it's pilots. The merged company is not going to get much help from us, however, until we get a fair contract. The posters above can bitch about how "ineffective" ALPA is in their typical cynical matter, but the reality is that we do carry some weight and we can make our corner of the merger "easy" or "hard.". Management most definitely wants "easy." I guess we'll see how smoothly they want things to go in the up and coming months.
I haven't a clue how this scope thing is going to turn out. Our scope is so different, and UAL's so inferior to CAL's, that I'm not sure how you bring the two together. Regardless, hopefully all the guys that are chest beating on this forum are showing up at union meetings, introducing themselves to their reps, calling them on the phone, and letting them know what their expectations are. Flightinfo posts accomplish nothing. Even if you don't like ALPA for whatever your reason is, I'd suggest you start paying attention instead of getting your info from here. You can go back to your regular ALPA bashing after the merger.
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