But they couldn't backfill all the regional pilots leaving their system fast enough, which was my point. It would be funny to see all the airlines try to scramble to keep their regional flights staffed. Delta could, in theory, hire 300 PSA pilots in just two months which would cripple AA's feed out of CLT for many months until they could hire to backfill the loss. AA could then retaliate by hiring a bunch of Endeavor pilots too and cripple Delta's feed out of DTW/MSP. It would be kind if funny to watch them cannibalize themselves.