The only reason to even have a union is to use the leverage you have in order to push the company to do things they do not want to "buy off" on.

This really is the question of C2015. Do we Delta pilots want to just take whatever management thinks is fair, then pray we never have another 50+% slashing of our contract? Or do we Delta pilots want to use the law and our leverage to extract things from management that they don't want to give?

I think it's clear where ALPA national and DALPA is on this, but I don't know where the majority of Delta pilots are on this.

Carl