It's kind of funny that this should come up. I had the chance to talk to the chief pilot for DL just yesterday. He was shocked to find out that our SCP was directly involved in contract negotiations. And that's how I feel. Da feds never intended for the chief pilot's job to be a postion that upper management could use to hammer pilots or influence contract negotiations one way or the other. The chief pilot should be the buffer between line crews and management. Keep upper management, et al, out of my cockpit. Do I blame Jack for what he does? Not entirely. I believe that his heart is probably in the right place. But he has choices. He could simply look at Cassel (shudder) and just say no. But he hasn't done that.