I like the predictions in that article, but I just don't see them ridding the Virgin Atlantic name.

Really not trying to sound sarcastic here, but I've been hearing for years now from reps on how the old, and new, PWA has scope protections in it that prevent a situation like this from costing Dal pilots' jobs/flying.
Furthermore, I've been told that had we not placed certain scope provisions in place 8-10 years ago, I wouldn't even have job here. I guess it is easy to compare against a scenario where you get to control and determine all the mitigating factors and variables over time.

Personally, I feel as though Dal mainline pilots are looked upon as any other codeshare partner group as a cost to be marginalized. My bigger fear is that the long term plans between AF-KLM-DAL-VA is to whipsaw the pilot groups against one another.

Again, still trying to wrap my head around it all, but I have a feeling I'm being set up on a blind date with a girl who has a "great!" personality.