DAL/NWA: It's Official

Yeah, DTW won't be going anywhere. CVG is at risk in a few years, and MEM probably too. But it will be at least a couple of years before they consider eliminating bases. Too many political implications of doing it sooner than that.
 
PCL_128 said:
If the intent of DALPA was to craft a framework for the future combined list and joint contract, there were many things they could have done to get the support of the NWA pilots in that endeavor. Instead, they didn't even speak to the NWA pilots about their side deal until it was already made.
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PCL, you're talking an awful lot here and it appears to me that you're working with some inaccurate information.

The MEC's had numerous meetings regarding the merger. Why should both groups waste time trying to come up with another group deal after the merger was announced when it was clear they wouldn't find common ground on the SLI issue beforehand? I don't see how the deal DAL pilots made with their own company, after failing to come to an agreement with the NW MEC, is any of NW's business.

I'm glad the Delta MEC did what it could for their own pilots. I hope the NW MEC is able to do something for theirs. If not, they had a chance to negotiate. If they thought they could keep this deal from happening until they got the SLI they wanted, it's clear they were mistaken. I would hope that they would have learned the cost of inflexibility regarding seniority from the USairways debacle. I hope they do better if it goes to arbitration, but what they were asking for, from all accounts, was an unreasonable windfall at the expense of the Delta pilots. I would have preferred to see an amicable relationship, but not at the cost of giving away the farm.
 
Velocipede said:
Well, maybe I read it wrong, but it seems the NWA SLI proposal would have essentially stapled 2500 DAL guys to the bottom of the list while protecting "their" widebody seats.
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That's along the lines of what I've heard as well. We'll probably never know, but I'd rather take my chances with arbitration than take what NWA is rumored to have wanted.
 
kellwolf said:
MEM has something going for it. During the off push time, it looks like a friggin ghost town. It's darn near three concourses of empty gates. They've already said no hubs will be closing (for now,) and I'm a firm believer of using MEM as a reliever hub for ATL. Move some of that traffic slightly north and west, and you decrease some of the congestion in ATL.
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Sounds like PIT a few years ago.

It was suppose to be the 'reliever' hub of PHL.

Honestly, I would much rather see a legacy get liquidated rather than have some of these legacies merge.
 
kellwolf said:
MEM has something going for it. During the off push time, it looks like a friggin ghost town. It's darn near three concourses of empty gates. They've already said no hubs will be closing (for now,) and I'm a firm believer of using MEM as a reliever hub for ATL. Move some of that traffic slightly north and west, and you decrease some of the congestion in ATL.
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That all makes pretty good sense, I hope it works out that way. O, and I agree with Max, I dont think DTW is going anywhere.
 
Does MEM have internation flights? I know Ed Bastian said yesterday that they wanted to begin flying CVG-NRT since Toyota is one of the big companies here in the tri-state area, as well as increasing flights to Europe.
 
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