NEWS: Judge Tells Delta and Pilots to Get Back At It

Judge Prudence Carter Beatty (awesome judge name) presiding over Delta's banktruptcy has told the airline and its pilots union to go back to the negotiating table. The other option would be hand it over to a mediator but Beatty says "I have never had much luck with mediators.". Delta maintains their ready to negotiating anytime and the pilot's union says "yeah us too" but questions whether the airline folks really understand the term "negotiate". Union chairman, Lee Moak was quoted by the AP as saying, "What she (Beatty) was suggesting is that the other party could learn how to negotiate," he said. "It's hard to negotiate if one party does not move off one position." Delta claims they are just asking for the minimum cuts they need to stay afloat. I think the next sit down with these two groups could end up being pretty brief.