Punk,

You absolutely nailed this one. I resigned from Delta in November as a year-seven 73N F/O. I'll begin law school in August after spending the entire spring and summer at home with my family.

I have been totally out of the industry now for several weeks (I had taken an interim flying job that turned out to be completely cheesy) and can't begin to describe how good life is when one is no longer beholden to a company that would just as soon knock down and pi$$ on its employees as look at them.

In my case, it was not at all about "losing everything." It's so very much more about creating opportunity and executing a plan to move forward - far away from the foul stench of the cesspool that Delta's corporate "leadership" has created.

Best to all as this plays itself out, but don't anyone feel sorry for the Delta pilots. There's a lot of talent in that group, and there are plenty of ways to leverage smarts and ability beyond the flying business.

Felix