I think the positive space commute debate is flying in the blind right now. Discussing this in the context of contract negotiations is premature until the following is clarified:
1) how much, in revenue and scheduling gains, has the company benefited from the positive space commuting experiment we have now?
2) how many times has it been used, and what has been the cost per pilot or per use?

If the company is benefitting from the experiment and making gains already, it is silly to debate this as something we should ask for. If it’s already net positive for the company, and we go into negotiations like it’s a big “ask”, we are getting something they would give us anyway.

Until I see the average cost per positive space commute, it’s impossible to gauge where it fits in.

To illustrate, what if Delta says it costs $250 per round trip positive space commute on average in lost revenue? That would be very helpful information for our infighting and negotiations. What if the numbers show it has no impact on revenue, and has significantly lowered missed commutes? We can move on to debating something else.

Debating it publicly or privately, without running the numbers and presuming it’s a concession by the company, is not good negotiating.