It is all about the Company shifting the expense for NYC hotels to junior pilots and realigning hubs to increase per seat revenues from Memphis by constraining capacity and forcing it through larger hubs. Delta is keeping the Memphis flight attendant base.

IMHO a "we will buy your house" type relocation package like any other business has would solve arbitrary base realignments. My very good friend got $15,000 to move his kids' "free" cat to China (animal has to go through quarantine), his move package total had to be near $150,000 by the time you figure their purchase, fixing and re-marketing his home.

Anyone seen Anderson's relocation package? We need to slide that across the table during the opener.