Originally Posted by kalaharipilot

It's far easier to say "give Delta a kick in the teeth" when you're backed by DELTA's ALPA. When you work at a wholly-owned regional with turbulent prospects of career progression, it's a big ask to stand up for an airline and a pilot group that you may never be welcomed into. We aren't trying to "trade our future for something shiny" - this flow agreement is not shiny (unless you're the top 60 pilots eligible for it); we're trying to negotiate meaningful progression without closing off avenues of future negotiation with the only major we're capable of partnering with.

At the end of the day, the Delta MEC has plenty of firepower in the upcoming arbitration, and this "ramrod" flow may serve as a quid for DALPA to exchange for better scope in the future.