RedEye

Your Quote: Protected JR folks with NO furlough clause.

I didn't see a no furlough clause, just some changes to the mechanism required to furlough. The biggest thing hurting the junior guys (besides pay/benefit cuts) is the lack of progression. With few mandatory (age 60) retirements in the next few years plus no growth aircraft (except perhaps the 100 seat aircraft which the company wants to get IF they exit BK and IF they get financing), the junior guys are pretty much stuck where they are for years to come. And that's assuming there isn't going to be anymore downsizing. Then there is the potential of a merger. Whoever picks Delta to merge with will proabably have a more senior pilot group since many of the age 50+ guys at Delta left early. That doesn't bode well for the guys at the bottom. In bankruptcy, no one comes out ahead except for the lawyers.

I agree with you that the negotiators seem to have done a respectable job....under the circumstances.