Agreed. This is the stratedgy we should take, assuming no poison pill attempts by the company. If the JB MEC was able to do it without even lowering the guarantees then that would be very impressive.

Work less not for less is absolutely the right way to approach this. If all that's "sacrificed" is the ability to max out on the time card and a few "good deal" situations are suspended for a bit, than that's a solo shot home run when we're down by a bunch. Not everything we need to win but solid progress for sure.

No one knows until we see what JB MEC negotiated. But at this point it seems more likely to be a solid positive for them. It also allows them to maintain full staffing in preparation for summer 2021 for a massive land grab if things recover, even if its for a lightweight business recovery relative to leisure. Which is exactly what we should be doing but are refusing to. JB could clean DL's clock next year. Much of that is out of DALPA's control; we go to war with the leadership we have. It is what it is. But at least if we can save jobs and preserve the crucial ability to snap up any recovering market share merely by limiting some "good deals" we should jump at the chance.

I want DL to be an agressive and merciless competitor to JB. But if their pilots and management managed to collectively outflank the hobbling dinosaur of questionable competence and end up notching a route of a victory against us, I'll gladly give a tip of the mandatory hat to them both.