DAL pilots and management have started negotiating another contract. It's high time that Delta pilots take back ALL of their flying under their contract. They made an excellent start in the right direction (based on total aircraft) but there is so much more to be done. Maybe something like, "If it says Delta on the side it has to be flown by a Delta pilot". Sounds reasonable right? They have the power to end the regional BS. Then again, having dirt cheap labor at the regional level increases the major airline's profit margin thereby going straight into a mainline pilot's pocket in the form of profit sharing. Yet we are "represented" by the same union? Bizarre industry to say the least.