Carl, Keep in mind that Dalpa agreed to give you credit for those retirements. However they wanted that same credit to extend to when Delta has more retirements. It crushed your junior pilots.
I agree with you on the coming shrinkage however the first aircraft to go are the nines and 747-200's. Since the gains via retirements will be shared only by each individual airline should not the pain of fleet reductions be shared the same?