Boys,

I hate to tell you this...but a strike will make an easy decision for the "New Delta" to decide which regional will not be utilized anymore. Ask the NWA mechanics if they got their jobs back. That was only a few years ago, oh I guess most of your 250 hour wonderboys, were back in high school when that happened. NWA let all the mechanics go, and hired replacements for each and everyone of them. In this game of Blackjack, you've got a bad hand dealt to you...put down your poker face.

Your only hope is to do things exactly by the book, fly profile, taxi at a brisk walk, don't do anyone's job except your own. Being the most ontime airline in the USA only gives your management a smile knowing they can get awards for their performance.................without a contract.

Put yourself in their shoes....run the most ontime airline, without a contract? Why settle for a more expensive contract?