Excellent rebuttal. But that doesn't help your case here, my friend. Even if I go you will still have the same problem. Regional guys get to work before retirees, making you more profit sharing money. OR regional guys bump your revenue passengers with their commuter clause, hurting your profit sharing. Which will you have?

I can see why current retirees might be upset, as I assume they are not benefiting from the profit checks. But no one here has made a sound argument for current Delta pilots against the change in priority so far. Or rather, no one has made the choice above...