As a 9E guy, I'm not going to involve myself in the bad politics going on between DALPA and management. That being said, the decision to give S3A status to us was due to the fact that we had double digit pilots who were unable to commute to work every day because they were being bumped by delta employees enjoying their retirement benefits.

I am 100% for you guys and us being able to enjoy the fruits of our +20 year careers, but the "free" tickets only last as long as Delta makes money. I don't have to tell you how hard it is to run an efficient operation when you have tons of crew members who aren't able to get into position.

Pilots didn't make the decision to give 9E S3A and for some reason we still catch flack for stuff we don't have control over. Lest we forget It was Delta pilots that voted many years ago to allow for our existence.