Originally Posted by
Shadre Reevis
It costs Delta more money when a working regional pilot and his family can't get somewhere versus any retiree. One of the many consequences of selling scope. Those 30+ year retirees will have to live with their choices.
Wrong, how does DL lose money if a 9E employees family can’t get somewhere vs a retiree? No cost to Delta at all! I’d argue again that pilots choose to commute, they shouldn’t be rewarded with higher priority because of personal choices they make.