Originally Posted by
gloopy
Wasn't the "Delta Dot" a product of "the hammer" (3.b.6) that was immediately and permanently given up to get C2k in the first place?
In any case, UAL was only able to pattern off the Dot in the first place because they exibited an unprecidented level of resolve and unity rarely seen in the modern era. But you're right in that the Delta Dot was used by them as a higher target than they otherwise would have likely been able to aim for and hit.
I wouldn't say it was rarely seen, but it's certainly not seen today. The actions of many on this and other boards who ridicule and vilify anyone remotely connected to DALPA certainly have a very real price.
You are correct on 3b6. Although I'll leave it up to those smarter than I to debate the odds that we'd have ever gotten to use it again after the 777 fight (big bucks, but with it the cost of cancelled orders).