Why not take back all the flying and start hiring. Bring anything over 50 seats to mainline. Restrict all DCI to shorthaul flying, less than 300NM. You can give preferential hiring to DCI employees, but keep the same standards that are currently in place and hire as usual. No need to "staple" anybody.
The reason we keep hearing "we need a 100 seat airplane" from MGT, but never seeing one that meets "their requirements," is simply the fact that it exist and DCI is flying it. We need to really focus on recapturing this flying leading up to 2012. Write your Reps. Let them know how you feel. Contract negotiations shouldn't start in 2012, they should start NOW with all of us setting the stage for what's coming! It really is right around the corner and will be here and gone before we know.
This is our wake up call. It's 4am and the clock is ticking. WAKE UP!