Originally Posted by
trustbutverify
You keep using hypotheticals and what ifs so I'll do the same. I'll bet if you used the actual numbers we'd find out that bumping pax doesn't happen much at all (despite what might have happened at UAL) and that the result to our passenger experience and financial performance is next to nothing in the grand scheme of things.
On the other hand, one could prove pretty easily that you wouldn't be in the position you are right now at an airline job if it weren't for those retirees about to get screwed.
Feel free to enlighten us with the actual numbers then... I've given you a recent documented example and a common sense hypothetical. Also, you know how much Delta protects their brand. It is worth something to them, even if it is not for you. If you are so sure of the effects being minuscule, feel free to post them. Otherwise, you are in no position to talk in such a way.
I don't understand the purpose of your second paragraph. I was alluding that retirees may not actually be affected too much by this change, because the commuter clause already in place would have them bumped first anyway if it came down to it. If you think I am out to hurt retirees, you are mistaken. I have no power to change management's policy whatsoever. I am only discussing the pros and cons.