*You're telling me a bunch = 218 and that a bunch = 70? The transitive property of equality would then say that 218=70.
I would contend that is NOT true.
Yes Check, it is quite a list.....because I don't have myopia when it comes to the topic. Scope problems are complex and have built up over many years, and it will take complex solutions over many years to fix it.
Let me un-simplify your example a just a little bit: Management was stuck with 218 jets on long term contracts they couldn't get out of that was left over from a past management team that really ruined the place, and was a major anchor to the future.
We gave them
less than 1/3 of that number to offer as "sweeteners" for other companies to agree to break the contracts on the money-losers, and
put more restrictions on the remaining ones, PLUS tighten other parts of the DAL PWA scope language.
Additionally, D-ALPA also managed to put a solid chunk (in the 1.5-2 BILLION DOLLAR range) of the money that was going to be spent on keeping those jets in service (lift contracts and long-term maintenance) into the Delta pilots' checking accounts and QOL provisions.
Your energy is great and your desire to improve our position is admirable... I'm all for mainline carriers to reduce and hopefully eliminate outsourcing, and we are on the same page about that. Where we differ is our view on how much progress has been made.
A real mess was left for our generation of airline pilots, and it will take LOTS of rounds of negotiations to fix it.