Delta and Northwest Resume Talks
March 28, 2008
Delta and Northwest Airlines have resumed talk again in regards to finding a suitable deal to merge the two major airline companies. However, this merger is taking place without first going through their pilots.
It is customary for airlines in merger talks to first have the union of pilots for both airlines “iron out” a deal that would be suitable for them for the merger to take place. This was done in the beginning, but the two groups were not able to come to an agreement. In this deal, the pilot were slated to get pay raises.
Instead Delta and Northwest are approaching the situation from a different angle, and if a deal is formulated, the expected pay raises for their pilots will not occur.