No sane person...examining the history of this pilot group in accommodating the needs of the company....in good times and bad.....would come to any other conclusion than we have been a willing participant in making delta succeed.

That is my own guess as to why this ta went down so decisively. Deep down....a lot of pilots felt it was in a sense, a betrayal of that loyalty.

And im not even talking about the pay rates.

dalpa is NOT an organization with a history of proactive and innovative behavior. The history of behavior is reactionary and constrained by history and convention...at best.

There are any number of creative solutions to the issues on the table, that any number of average line pilots could have developed....that would be acceptable to both management and the pilot group.

The company says..'we have a (temporary) critical staffing problem.....can you help us'.......who here doesn't want to make this airline succeed?

We ALL have a vested interest in that outcome.