$30,000,000.00 has been called many things ... "peanuts" ... "nothing" ... etc.

The settlement was significant for the fact that the company did not displace, or furlough pilots, as a result. The company's widebody utilization increased. The company's block hours, increased.

It was the largest scope settlement in history. It in no way limits future recovery and should the company again violate 1 P. 4. I believe a reasonable argument could be made for punitive damages.

Now, if you wanted to argue about the distribution methodology, fine. IMHO the distribution was inverted, with the most junior pilots being "harmed" more than the most senior pilots who were not affected at all. I will even go along with an argument on damages.

But you are demonstrably wrong when you write that our contract cannot be enforced, even in the face of thirty million dollars. It is intolerable that you and the uninformed DPA leadership tries to undermine our pilot group by publishing (in Bloomberg none the less) that the Delta pilot contract is not enforceable (and cannot be enforced). The fact the DPA does not understand the most basic tasks involved in pilot representation should be reason enough for any pilot to be embarrassed of association with the DPA.

Why not just start a "I hate all things Delta" club? You can collect donations from guys making more than twice what they did before to drink and wax nostalgic about Northwest Airlines, Doug Steenland and AMFA, while they sit in a dimly lit room, smoke, complain about Delta, play BINGO and blame everything on ALPA.