Mitch is both right and wrong.

Without the SLI the LUAL pilots would be dying a slow and painful death as management retired those airplanes. And yes those 2005 captains would be gloating about it.

However Mitch is wrong in that without the merger there never would have been 2005 captains at all. No merger, no financing therefore no new airplanes.

Dude it's a dance and you're not the lead.

Personally I'm starting to wonder if choosing Jeff over Parker was a good idea?