Not to mention Wall St. didn't tank the stock when we announced several thousand FA's over a couple year period or ordered 100 737's (with options for more?) or anything else. A couple hundred pilots doesn't even compare to the standard deviation of our average fuel bill over the course of a year.

They could "announce" plans to hire 11,000 pilots over the next 20 or so years and it wouldn't even move the needle because everyone knows its just replacements. AA pretty much did that recently, and no one in the investment world cared in the slightest. Wall St. doesn't know, comprehend or care how many pilots DL hires as long as DL needs those pilots to produce revenue and isn't publicly claiming to do it for a massive capacity binge.