Just remember...a rising tide lifts all boats. If other employee groups had the ability to negotiate a contract and improve their own benefits and work rules it would have a positive impact on pilot negotiations as well. SWAPA had a stronger argument in getting work rule improvements when the F/As had successfully negotiated higher credit times, min days, and shorter days etc. Other employee groups getting more won't take away from the pilots piece of the pie...it will take away from corporate profits. The major thing it would do is it would shift more of the power away from Delta management being able to do what they want to the employees having a bit more say. Right now Delta is outside of the JV scope and pays ALPA a small penalty. If the F/As had similar scope and Delta had to also pay the F/As for a grievance settlement (or if the F/As simply didn't settle like ALPA) then it could force Delta to comply with the JV language rather than just pay a small fine. The end result? More premium flying for ALL Delta employees.