Funny how that works, isn't it?

Comair Management to ALPA: We want to extend minimum line values to prevent more furloughs.

ALPA: What's it worth to you?

Comair Management: Well we're not going to give you anything for it, but it might save twenty or so pilot jobs.

ALPA: Sorry. That concession has expired. You'll have to come up with something better.

Comair Management to Delta: They didn't fall for it again. With all our lineholders flying a minimum of 82 hours now, we're going to have reserve pilots left over at the end of the day...almost every day!

Delta: Hmmm, we can't have that. How about if we give you a ten percent increase in flying to cover the ten percent increase in minimum line value?

Comair Management: Hmmm, that would allow us to still not have any reserves left over at the end of the day...sounds great!