Originally Posted by full of luv

Your plan sounds legit, but be careful listening to the melodramatics on this board as to the "dwindling" of Delta's international flying (especially from the NYC market).
This TA actually puts in a floor to limit to the amount of flying as a % of seats in the Atlantic plus a world wide block hour floor, all with much shorter lookback time-frames instead of this contract-long measure/fix period currently in place.
As Mark Twain has said, "The reports of the death of international flying at Delta have been greatly exaggerated." or something to that effect.

That being said, if you can significantly reduce your drive in the NE by going to EWR vs JFK/LGA for your career (assuming you plan on staying in the NE) then I guess leaving your wife with the crappy commute while you waltz to work may not be a bad overall move. UAL has consolidated almost all their eggs into the EWR basket (for the NYC market) so that makes commuting pretty predictable.

Congrats with your truly first-world problem though. Dual legacy pilot couples with young kids, better get a great nanny (I recommend not too hot if you want it to last) and a smart accountant!....I don't know how you do it, and I wish you the best.