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

Cropter, didn't mean to make it sound easy--it isn't. We have all given and some more than others. End of the day whether it be fences, or just freezing positions until the economy makes an up swing and the synergies can acutally happen to make airlines more efficient so there is growth. I guess my thoughts are more like let's quit fighting each other, everybody take the good with the bad, get together and demand that these "management teams" that are so damn special they warrant million dollar parachutes just to stay on in their positions run the airline like a business instead of a personal ATM at the pilot's expense. Just remember who the enemy is---not the guy next to you who is just trying to feed his family and preserve himself some dignity. I am not asking everyone to sing Cum By Ya and get all groovy---I feel pretty militant, lost my pension, vacation, sick, I commute to a city I hate and lost in the first merger with the DOH program. I have been backing up for YEARS. What I have realized though is that as long as we are fighting each other Management is free to play golf all day. There needs to be a big fight---just not with your fellow pilots, it needs to go upstairs.

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

Hey folks, these mergers will happen again in ? years. That given, regardless of where you are now, wouldn't it be prudent to consider that if not DOH you may well be passing your future Captain [driving out of your drive way] as you leave on your next trip. He or she is the kid across the street getting their training wheels removed from their first bike. Forget the COMPANY you work for, they have already forgotten you----and remember the guy sitting next to you, [whether it be left or right] is the only person who can help you fly through bad weather in the dark of night, pick up that missed radio call for you or tell a joke to keep the long hours in the cockpit from being miserable. That person and how they feel about themselves and you is your best ally--Not a Company CEO or the name brand you fly under.