This is really the important piece. Delta is very much involved with dictating policies and procedures at 9E. We are required to follow DL checklists and various other procedures not just on the pilot side but shared services operations as well and especially in 9E's OCC.

We have corporate employees who also hold positions at Delta and/or Delta Connection- not even just executive level roles either. And the best example I ever saw was touring the tower at JFK and seeing how closely Delta and Endeavor ops people are working together, right next to each other, you couldn't tell who was DL or 9E just by walking through. Man, things have changed since but at one point Delta pilots actually used to sit in on Endeavor pilot interviews and to this day Delta has a lot of stake and input in 9E's pilot hiring. The point is Delta dictates a lot that goes on at 9E. This is very very different than the other contract carriers.

My family are all Delta retirees and they have no issues with S3A because at the end of the day it rarely ever effects them.