T Square,

Our MEC is IMHO the world's best when it comes to finding leverage.

I do not expect this flow to deliver the operational reliability Richard Anderson desires across the bottom 40% of Delta's network. It is a quick band aid which creates more problems in the cockpits of Endeavor airlines. One can only imagine the entitled new hire with the grumpy crusty Captain who failed his interview. It is not an idea mentoring environment and maybe not even safe (as the two semi recent deadly accidents which hit Delta's books thanks to outsourcing proved).

You should understand that you benefit when:

• Management has a problem they need our help with
• We can offer longevity, which has an immediate value and a deferred cost
• We can increase our bargaining leverage by controlling more of the market

Please don't take offense, because I want you to gain. You (and those of your seniority) have to gain or else this is a political non starter ... but ... you've let ALPA transfer money from outsourced express jobs for years. Your saying "I'm not paying it back" comes across as pretty arrogant and entitled by those of us who had our careers put on hold for a decade or more due to outsourcing.

Your opinion is political fact (truth), but it's perceived as rude to rub our noses in it.