Bar, et al;
Admitting a mistake that some do not see as a mistake or lost opportunity would open the flood gates to DRF lawsuits. That is why, there will never be any official "Monday Morning Quarterbacking" of many of these issues.

Sadly, pilots have continued to sue, and we are all lawyered up, just like everyone else.

Bar,
The decision of the MEC at the time was a result of looking at the representational issues with the same MEC representing two pilot groups that "may" have diverging goals. It was not looked at as an opportunity to stop the small jet outsourcing, bring flying back to mainline, tie down Section one, and put forth a yet untried process with pilots that were not Delta Pilots.
The MEC did what they thought was was the best course of action for the pilots on the Delta Pilot Seniority List, not ones that wanted to be on it. The result was more of the same, and not intrinsic value being placed in being part of ALPA.

Many feel that this seat segment is a dead segment, and the actions point in that direction.

Simply put, the decision has been rendered, and the results have already played two predicted chess moves down the board. We now have TSH owning CPS and their Anti-Union, ALPA Section 6 busing Go Jets operation has been rewarded with flying that has been preformed by ALPA pilots. All legal mind you, and that is why if we want to show value in ALPA as an association, we need to write language that protects the flying for Delta and ALPA pilots. Bar, I know you will state that our MEC wants this flying to go to the lowest bidder, and Go Jets helps move that ball forward, and the result is more money for Delta Pilots. It may be true, but the fact is that we as of yet, do not control where the flying goes, and have yet, so show value in belonging to ALPA in this regard.

Sunsetting these agreements should be priority one. Making the flying go to ALPA pilots should be priority two. Putting value in your association that pilots that are non-alpa and those that are alpa should be priority.

For now, CPS is water over the dam, but we are still seeing the results of what happens when we look at an issue in one or two dimensions. Having that flying awarded to Go does nothing positive or negative to the Delta Pilots, and as a result will get little attention. It is what it is until this pilot group demands that it be a priority.