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Sink r8
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.
Wow, settle down there Sparky. Vacation selling was something we agreed to at NWA in order to smooth out seasonal demands in flying so we didn't have a cycle of boom and furlough like the airlines had when I started. You have a staffing formula requirement to ensure the company doesn't staff the airline expecting everyone to sell vacation, so it's a win-win. But if it's a deal breaker for you, fine...get rid of it. What about the rest of the letter?
Carl