A good sign:
Fly on the wall at a bar room bull session on layover with several senior captains and they were discussing the early out thing.
They think the numbers look pretty good. Consensus was that nwa guys with DB pensions will take the deal in large numbers. It would be foolish to pass it up. Many dal types will jump on it as well.
Looks like the number of takers may come in on the high side of expectations.