Originally Posted by DAL 88 Driver

Close, but not quite right. It's not taken in a vacuum. Quite the contrary, it's people like you who are thinking in a vacuum. You're thinking strictly in terms of comparisons with other pilot groups and using that to argue against restoration. That, my friend, is a self fulfilling prophecy if ever I saw one. And you're completely ignoring all the other arguments that support the case for restoration.

If DALPA came out and defined our objective as restoration and then legitimately went about trying to make that happen, you wouldn't be hearing much from me. If they'd done this in the first place, you probably wouldn't even have known who I am, DAL 88 Driver or otherwise. Believe it or not, I don't like debating. I'm perfectly happy to fly my trips, enjoy the personal satisfaction from doing a really good job and working with some really great people, and then go home and think about something else.