Delta has only a single supplier for pilot labor. Every other contract they have has provisions for cost escalation or they are renegotiated in a timely manner. Fools are the only ones willing to accept a wage rate for a fixed year in perpetuity. You are buying a rental home in a rent controlled capped area and the expenses continue to increase with no capital appreciation. Except, the house is literally your lifetime earnings. This is insane, no real business person would accept these hand cuffs. You don't have to either. We are collectively ignorami when it comes to negotiating in this environment. (RLA)