Robert Cassidy

Status Report: Delta - Northwest

Lest there be any doubt ...This merger will be completed ....with or without the concurrence of the pilots .....The NWA pilots will find themselves effectively on a quasi " B scale " status until the seniority is integrated either by mutual negotiation or imposed arbitration ....a temporary but signifigant irritant
Everyone ...investors as well as employees ...have a great deal at stake ..The whole airline industry , along with rest of the economy is on very thin ice....
If pilot conflict were to lead towards another bankruptcy, the pilots would have more to worry over than their precise seniority .
I remain confident that common sense will prevail ...The seniority issue will be resolved .....to the dissatisfaction of nearly every pilot-
but with a future of greater prosperity and security for nearly all
I say nearly ... because some cutbacks may be inevitable .
Even the intrepid CEO Richard Anderson has no control over the global economy
I have worked for three airlines (Eastern ,Panam and Delta)..
All of them went bankrupt ..but DELTA bounced back like the phoenix from the ashes....
The NWA - DAL team will be a dynamic global giant !
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