Negative, some may point to the DC9s going away but they forget the fact that Delta is in the process of adding 20+ MD90s to the fleet. 737-900s also coming on aboard as well although a larger percentage of those were "planned" to be replacement aircraft.

Definitely not a net neutral deal, ALPA is projecting 800+ pilot jobs added to mainline because of this deal. A senior FO is looking at an upgrade pay raise plus an additional 20% pay raise after that raise, a much higher ratio of mainline to DCI flying that is contractually protected, and back to the table in 2015. Delay all that trying to hit the home run and "take it all back" on scope? Unwise.