It's the truth, and it's the crappy nature of this business.

After Comair's MEC chairman wrote that famous letter, all Comair pilots that were on the list were blacklisted, except for the legacies. A few folks that were hired (by Comair) later have been hired at DL, but there is great anger on the part of some DL pilots that persists to this day. Comair pilot = persona non grata.