I feel like the employee group is much happier at DL than pretty much anywhere else. As far as the hiring, on the one hand it does mean you won't be as senior at the end of your career, but how about the career overall? I think anyone starting at Delta can to expect to have a good career, regardless of their age.

Something that no one has pointed out, it seems that AA has some interesting nonrev priorities now. At least the WO regionals are on equal priority to mainline and it's first come first served (check in time) for priority? I imagine that really changes the dynamics of commuting if flying when check in opens has that big of an impact on your chances of getting on the flight. Add in the talk of jumpseat priority changing to seniority and commuting sounds like a lot more stress than at DL.