Who pays his salary and MIP bonus? That is where his loyalty will ultimately lie. SCOPE just got 10X more important and more complicated. Bottom line needs to be more for DAL pilots not less. Keep that simple concept in mind when they start dazzling us with charts and language. Be prepared to say no if your career has more than 5 years left. And with 67+ and the shortage beware that 5 years isn't that long.
They have already used the terms global and franchise in investor communications. If you think this is all falling sky, you need a reality check. The next push will be to liberalize SCOPE and expand the brand. That means putting Delta in control of these companies and eventually them flying the widget.