Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
To avoid very large profit sharing payouts to pilots and other non-Union Delta employees. It's a 3-way win for them:
1. They get us to self fund our gains
2. They pay out far less to pilots given 2015's large profit forecast
3. They pay out far less to non-Union employees because they can do so at their whim and use the pilots' reductions as justification
That's the rush here.
Carl
Don't forget that the items that save the company money will be codified instantly, and the good bits for pilots will take several month to "program".