Originally Posted by
TED74
Except you have to remember some significant percentage of Delta pilots didn’t want batch limitations. Without data, I have no idea what percentage…but there was plenty of vocal distain for the speed of the coverage process under the old batch limitations. Those folks would say unlimited batches weren’t a give whatsoever - not simply that the give was too large a quid. For what I assume are mostly commuters, the batch change enables more folks to have time to get into position for GS.
To us, slow coverage meant vocal disdain among a few. To the company, it meant millions of dollars. The deal was an absolute failure in terms of the amount of leverage we gave up in return for a comparatively worthless quid.
And for what it’s worth, I’m a commuter and strongly preferred smaller batch sizes.