NWA/Delta Merger is Off
NWA and Delta have apparently decided to amicably split — perhaps heading off a nasty custody battle involving the MSP airport.
WCCO says, “A source close to the talks told CBS News the carriers have walked away from the negotiations. An airline analyst told WCCO Radio a source at Delta told him the same thing Wednesday. The breaking point is believed to be the pilots unions’ inability to reach an agreement on integrating their seniority lists.”
According to the Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, “Pilots at both airlines haven’t been able to agree on a way of merging seniority lists, and the airlines are reluctant to merge without a pilots’ deal and risk labor strife.”
Or maybe this is just political posturing, tricking the media into fear-mongering coverage that puts pressure on both sides to give in. I guess I fell for it, and we’ll see.
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NWA doesn’t need any more labor strife than it’s already had.
Definitely an example of the power of a union.
I don’t have an opinion on this, but that is some fine photoshopping.
Greg has mad MS Paint skillz.
(Or something like that. God, I’m getting old.)
Christ, maybe now NPR can give it a rest with the 20+ news updates a day. I’ve never been more sick of a local story.