Please explain why 9E family’s S3A are a problem, when S3 of a mainline employee’s family/children nonrevving for leisure isn’t a problem? If time of employment at Delta is the measuring stick, why is the disgruntlement only about 9E S3As and not junior mainline S3s?

Let me be clear about what I’m asking. I am not asking why you think 9E family shouldn’t go ahead of mainline retirees. I’m asking, based on the reasoning provided, why when this issue comes up, the attention is only on 9E S3A and not also the S3 of mainline families with less time of service to Delta.

A retiree is far more likely to be bumped by a mainline employee’s family than a 9E employee’s family (for size comparison, 9E only has 2,000 pilots). So why is all the focus in these arguments on 9E families, and none on mainline families? I don’t understand the reasoning.