The butt-hurt from some of the Delta guys is amusing. Why pilots from such a big global airline get all bent over a super-regional airline like Alaska is perplexing. You should be eating the corn chunks out of Tilden's poop for turning down RA's request to do most of your SEA feed. Now you have a 737 base...soon to be 717s in Seattle and are flying your own west coast metal...except for those pesky regionals you seem to not like. I'm not management. I drink beer, golf and fly planes...not at the same time of course. I leave all the management crap up to management. They are compensating themselves rather well for their efforts and haven't asked for our advice or thoughts. Maybe you should stick to what you do best. For now I'm not worried about the 170s.