Originally Posted by
Mesabah
A lot of the reason Delta had such a great contract is because they sold scope to get it. It is such an utter failure to sell scope for massive raises just to then lose them in bankruptcy a few years later, and not get that scope back.
FAIL. That urban legend has already been debunked on here several times. DALPA didn't sell scope in C2K. As a reminder, the Delta PWA permitted unlimited 70 seaters in 1990, and had substantial restrictions in C2K.