I got final approval a few months ago, but the details had to be hammered out.

From the article it looks like a 3:1 deal:
3 VA routes
1 DAL route

That's a bad deal because I feel it's not worth loosening scope to protect a SYD layover.

Even if we get the next growth route, thats an awful lot of promise to sell scope to an airline that itself has horrible scope with multiple certificates and multiple seniority lists and is in bed with Emirates to boot. If nothing it's poor trade-unionism to support that.

There was a rumor of DAL picking up a West Coast -> MEL route.
If that's the case, the deal is better for DAL pilots, but we're still supporting the intl. equivalent of a go-jets type operation...

Funny thing is you might buy a Delta ticket, but fly on a SkyWest* flight on either side of the Pacific...

At the very least the LOA should stipulate that only flight flown by Delta pilots may be sold as part of the JV.


Cheers
George

*Skywest in Australia, note the spelling difference!