The OP is correct we should put a lot of effort into improving our various rigs.


Comparisons to Southwest however are mostly invalid for numerous reasons the first being they only operate a single air-frame mostly domestically in which every Pilot is qualified to fly. Southwest is a great company to work for and I am sure that they probably have tons of applications on file, but the fact is a lot more pilots leave/have left Southwest for Delta than have left Delta for Southwest. If their QOL is so much better wouldn't the reverse be true?



We have many things to improve at Delta so there is no reason to make foolish comparisons between 2 significantly different airlines both of which have different strengths and weaknesses.


As has been previously stated most QOL/Rig changes produce significant unintended consequences. With that said, as a NB guy I think we can probably tweak our rigs to improve our QOL but there will be unintended consequences.


Scoop