K Edwards

Will Delta Agree to Northwest's Offer Without Pilot Consent?

This article is one more example of the folks who write for Seeking Alpha not really understanding the airline business. "Again, this publication feels that the pilots can eventually reach a mutually agreeable settlement (as occurs in virtually every airline transaction)"...This one sentence underscores that the author really lacks an understanding of the airline business and it's labor problems.

Mr. Author, who ever you are, you should spend a bit of time researching what you write about. Find out about the mess of the red/green/blue book stuff at NWA or the lawsuits that existed for over 23 years after Lorenzo's Continental, or any of the other events at airlines which still keep pilots divided.

NWA & DAL are smart to attempt to hammer this out early after so many airline merger train-wrecks. Merging is ultimately a management decision and if NWA & DAL wanted to do it tomorrow, they could. Perhaps management finds VALUE in settling this potentially nuclear labor issue. We all know management is in place to run a business and improve shareholder value, not make labor happy. If making labor content improves the business, then perhaps it makes sense to wait this out. I don't know

Seeking Alpha should find some pros or consult with the likes of Mike Boyd. Writing like this diminishes my view of all contributors of Seeking Alpha.