Originally Posted by Avroman

Not really since that's exactly what was sold to the pilot group during the bankruptcy. It was take these extreme cuts but when your number comes up, if you want a job at Delta it's yours, just show up and fill out the paperwork. When questioned by guys like me at the road shows, we were assured that this is what Delta wanted for us, and specific hiring minimum numbers in writing weren't needed. Yes, that was as much if not more a failure of ALPA (and karma got the then MEC chair for it) So perhaps you can understand why the first several groups showed up expecting a handshake and a class date. Even our managers had no idea until word of mouth started getting around that we'd been sold an even bigger lemon contract.