What are the impressions of other DAL pilots so far on communications from the MEC via the new Chairman?

I have yet to be convinced that everyone on the MEC is motivated by the same things, but this is encouraging. I've been optimistic about the choice the MEC made in MD, and so far so good, IMO. The two letters have been just about right: smart and cognizant of our the environment we're in (including the company), but focused on the pilots and the gains we must achieve. I've heard enough about the company, and I'm glad we're talking more about us.

It's also interesting to me that he spoke about us as a new group. To be perfectly honest, I don't particularly like or enjoy some of the changes that make me feel like a "hybrid" of two airlines. I'd rather be just Delta. I'd also like to have meals just like Mom used to cook them every night. I'd like to think we didn't go through CH11, or a merger, but we did. There is a lot to contemplate, if you feel a little nostalgic, and you want to think about the integration of two cultures. But so little to be gained, concretely speaking. So part of me didn't particularly enjoy having MD quote the 54 Chairman as saying we're neither one, nor the other. But we do need a MEC that can get us beyond the novelty of the merger, and a Chairman that can articulate this. This is one of the first letters in a long time that makes me feel like there is leadership at the MEC level that has a bit of ambition for us, and requires me to do my part.

Also noteworthy to me is the fact that he elected to visit based on and around the holidays.

So far, then, 2 for 2 on the letters, 3 for 3 if you look at actions and words.