Tom,

Strangely, we see ALPA very attached to its bankruptcy bargaining. I don't know if it is that the leadership is "wedded" to the deals it made and now feels it must defend them, or if they truly believe the management crap about "bargaining credits" they got for scope concessions. It is something I'm trying to understand.

We are told at Delta we have protection from this form of outsourcing and will make those protections stronger.