Could one of you number crunching experts (who forgot to bid) figure out the effects on the size of our list if AS were reined in, RAH terminated, and DCI sunsetted? As in, we would need to add X pilots over the next Y years to do this flying ourselves? I think making that information very public to the Delta pilots BEFORE the contract survey could have a huge effect on the survey outcome.

For example, if I were a 73N Capt 25% of the way down our list, and I found out the list would have to increase by 50% if we owned this flying, I would realize I would move up to 17% seniority. And that's with ZERO retirements. The ability to bid a line a couple of categories up is a significant payraise! It's a step toward the restoration folks want, but it doesn't sound as shocking or hard to bargain for as a 57% (or whatever) raise to the base rates we have now.