Given the assumptions made, this video seems squarely aimed at potential newhires and recent hires in their mid-30s or younger.

The point that one needs to consider a contract as an "entire package" is 100% valid, and why cherry-picking certain items in other CBAs to compare while omitting others is intellectually dishonest.

Delta has some good things in their current CBA - profit sharing which is worth tens of thousands of dollars *and* is pensionable into their 15% DC, and their DC having 'cash over cap' is another great benefit. Those, combined with other work rules, certainly allow DALPA pilots to 'punch above weight' on income IF they are willing to work.

We've got some good stuff in our contract, too; one might note DALPA didn't compare healthcare, as a single example.

I do think DALPA's evaluation of our vacation article is...lets say incomplete and less than objective.

I hope DALPA gets everything they want in a new contract and more, and that our Contract 2016 helps them get there - that's how pattern bargaining is supposed to work.