As much as I want us to be successful I say screw it as far as going above and beyond to get to work. Some guys spend the whole day before the start of their trip trying to get to work because daddy D over books their flights or there's a list of retirees 20 deep. Just have your two options and use the commuter clause. I don't like missing work and I have nothing against retirees but wasting a day at the airport gets old. When they get tired of burning through reserves like crazy maybe they'll do something to fix the problem. No one is asking to be above Delta all the time but it would make life a lot easier to at least have higher priority over retirees when going to work.