Well, since you asked...

I wasn't. Back when it mattered to me. In 1991.

If Delta wants to buy RJ's, or any aircraft at all, that's their prerogative. Always has been. Delta can interview and hire Delta pilots and we'll fly 'em. Delta did not do that.

NOW, years later, you're talking about merging many other airline's pilots that Delta did not interview and hire and negotiating SLI's and all the chaos that comes with that, keeping in mind that a staple is in no way a given. Then dealing with the inevitable DFR lawsuits. Now the pilot voting membership is suddenly way more junior on average, and guess what kind of a contract they'll want? Not necessarily the same objectives our current seniority list wants.

So... no thanks.

And spare me the pie in the sky "solutions" that have about as much merit as a national seniority list. Please try to understand my point of view. Age and seniority do play a part in how each person views these kinds of things.