The NMB does not matter this round in the least. We will not see mediation.

RA has promised Wall Street zero labor risk. He needs a deal fast before the pilots realize Delta will make $6 billion in 2015 and their expectations will rise accordingly.

IMO we will retire an average of 30 pilots per month in 2015. They are already training off campus and it will get worse rapidly. New 330 base in NYC and 737 SEA.

We just need to sit on our hands and wait for the deal we deserve.

T.O. failed to follow his own lead and rushed into a bad deal. Let's actually not be rushed this time.

Remember the number one play on management's card is always to create a fictional deadline.