Ron,
I was under the impression that most PIs at Den were there because Den is very senior and thus it was a place for junior people to go to to avoid communting to their actual positions. Based on spending tons of time at TK and what the PIs told me.

As for the new training contract. I know who negotiated it and he did a horrible job because he didn't understand certain metrics and the company was screaming about costs. Ask your buds at Delta and AA and see how they pay their PIs. Ours, similar to your old TK one, is not that good.