In the immediate sense, I don't have a dog in this fight; being that I'm not DAL. In the bigger sense though I do; as how this transpires will send out ripples that will touch pretty much the entire industry (of which I am a part).

I can't help but wonder what in the heck is anyone thinking here? I called it back in the 1980's when ALPA wanted to scope out "little airplane" flying, as it was beneath them. I stated then that approach was a mistake - ANY flying done using the name "ABC" airlines needed to be done by someone on the ABC seniority list. Instead the regional model blew up in our faces. Now, we're finally at a point where the 50 seaters are not economically viable, so do we (as an industry) hold the line and let them die, or do we keep moving the bar a little higher and letting the camel continue to crawl into the tent? Perhaps we could save a lot of time and effort and just go ahead and give away anything with less than 400 seats - it appears given enough time we'll eventually get there. I can't fathom how anyone can be so stupid as to think otherwise, given history.

It used to be when times were good real solid contractual gains were made. That doesn't seem to be happening here. If this is truly cost neutral, then it's a loss for pilots (and a big one at that).

Oh well, you all are going to do what you want - I just hope you don't screw everyone else in the process.