Originally Posted by FedElta

Hey Scoop,

You asked the question, so here's my answer : I wish Buzz would wordsmith it for me. I spent more than a few years of my career wishing for the DAL contract at my former employer; all the while my very senior 1011 A, father-in-law had a glorious career looking down at me, and other mere mortals.

Along comes 9/11 and a confluence of bad economics and decision making, and my freight brothers and I became the industry leaders....by default.

Fast forward, DAL gave me a wonderful opportunity to continue my chosen profession, but it is now a shadow of past times. It will not affect me nearly as much as others, but I will do anything to restore DAL to its rightful position, bring respect back to the amazing professional airmen that I'm blessed to fly with, and leave the industry as a better place than I found it.

I will support the will of our unified brothers, and you can count on me to do that. Now is the time for all of us to ensure we have our own stategic preparedness funds in place so that we may support our union without having to make a bad decision based on economics.

We all stand on the shoulders of thse who came before us. What will future generations of DAL pilots say about us ?

In unity,
BG