I'm not saying I'm just sitting around and hoping. There aren't many options out there to stay in aviation as we all know, so if you can get out and feel it is necessary, that's your call. I'm just saying that I don't think this company has swirled as far down into the bowl as many would think.

I'm also very aware of how easy it would be for Delta to start shedding all of our aircraft and just shut the place down. However, we still have all the aircraft that we are supposed to according to our contract and our MEC chairman, The furloughs are excessive for just a 3% reduction in flying that happens every year at that time, and I think we are a very valuable asset to Delta. We're here to take up the slack every time someone else screws up with staffing. We are a good airline overall, and when management starts crowing about how expensive we are compared to other airlines based on our crew costs, it makes me sick and I don't believe it for a minute that based on that factor alone, we are not competitive.