It's one of two epic turds in buried in this otherwise sensible letter that Carl floated. I'm not suggesting Carl is responsible for it, but it goes to show you how you can place shiite sandwiches within a colorful trial balloon, and gently float them over the pilot group, hoping people get distracted by the spectacle.

It's like a 1/3 of your profit-sharing being placed inside a shiny 717, but much worse. You can fly in the left seat of that 717 while cursing the loss of 1/3 of your profit-sharing, but you can't even bid that 717 t all, if Delta pilots are busy selling their vacation, and hoaring around at FAR limits.