Why is it so difficult to understand that DCI isn't going anywhere anytime soon regardless of what we tell the company we want because the company has contracts that have to be honored. Until those contract run their course, DCI will be here. So the best thing for us to request (as was done in this TA) is not to increase DCI beyond what is currently on the property, in fact it will be reduced. DAL will get sued to no end by DCI if it attempts to break those agreements early and that would suck for us! Our management was smart enough to negotiate with DCI an agreeable downsizing of total RJ's which will create more Mainline flying for DAL pilots. Isn't that what we want, more DAL passengers being flown by more DAL pilots? As those DCI contracts expire during future PWAs, we can negotiate for them not to be renewed but as for now, that is NOT going to happen.

Having 255 as a max right now is just simply not possible. More 50 seaters is very possible under the current. We give them more 70+ seaters, we get more mainline flying, the customers are happier, they keep coming back and bringing more to pay our paychecks, we continue to upgauge because a 70+ seater can no longer carry the loads, we continue to negotiate fewer RJ's over subsequent contracts, we raise ticket prices, etc... See where this is going?

Why are the regionals so big and powerful? Because we had no cap on the amount of flying they could perform for us if this TA gets voted down.