Originally Posted by
Jack Bauer
That may or may not be true. Time will tell. My point remains...getting these 717's does not mean hiring or mainline Delta pilots moving up. All they have to do is park other airplanes in the mainline fleet and we are back to square one. But for a few months we can brag about better production balances, more mainline block hours and our big victory

Getting any aircraft, WB or NB, never guarantees hiring.