Originally Posted by CADR

Yeah but Isom’s goal is to delay as long as possible. The longer the company delays the more money they save. Think about it, more and more senior people retire everyday. When new pay rates eventually come it will be cheaper if it’s all delayed because a lot of the senior higher paid pilots will be already gone. Some bean counter somewhere probably has done the math and has a graph that shows how much money they save the longer they delay with the higher paid pilots gone.

Besides, the company has no reason to rush anything other than getting some PR. The airline still runs whether the pilots have a new contract or not and new hire pilot classes are still being filled.

Yes, everyone wants a huge QOL win and Delta’s new pay rates, but I don’t see either happening anytime soon.