There is an interesting situation brewing at Endeavor, the Bridge Agreement requires Delta to hire a specific amount of pilots from 9E regardless of their status in the SSP. That hiring commitment doesn't end though, until the last SSP eligible pilot is offered an SSP interview. For a pilot to be SSP eligible, they have to be a captain. However, even today, 14-07 came out with additional downgrades. Thus, the hiring commitment will never end as long as we are shrinking, or don't grow in size large enough for everyone to upgrade. Thus, when Delta runs out of candidates, they have to hire anyone here who applies, until the last FO on our SSP list upgrades, which is looking like never.

I think Delta thought that they would have an endless string of apps coming in here, because we have the Delta name associated with us. I think, they thought they would go through our seniority list within a few years. However, because of the number of lifers here, and the attrition rate, they are stuck hiring everyone who wants to go.

The only way out of the agreement is to shutdown 9E in the next two years, and interview everyone right then and there. Anyone who doesn't pass the interview is immediately unemployed, and offered severance. The EtD's then get stapled below those guys.