I am one of those who turned down an interview with CZ back in 2007 . I have no regrets. For those sensitive people at CZ what I am about to say does not mean XJ pilots including myself have anything against CZ pilots. In fact I have a very good friend flying for CZ.

Having said that, like someone pointed out earlier, you are all thinking things posted on this forum as if they are legitimate business plans coming from DAL top management. No they are not. Junior NWA/DAL pilots and CZ pilots want this stapling to happen, not the DALPA nor the DAL management. Who has the final decision making power in a situation such as this? From previous history, DAL top management has the sole authority and we have never seen DAL top management do ANYTHING just because some pilots on an internet forum wants to do it.

Two scenarios I can think of is one, if DAL wants to staple CZ pilots what would be the benefit to DAL management? One benefit I can think of is that having ran all the possible numbers over various scenarios, DAL may agree to this in return for a heavy price from the NWA/DAL pilot group.
One such demand will be in return, DAL management will have the right to add more CRJ900s to Mesaba and other DCI carriers as they see fit. Second might be a creation of B rates, a second tier of lower payrates and different work rules because I just do not see in anyway DAL beancounters agreeing to this unless these consessions are made. Also, the writings are on the wall that if the load factor does not come up this summer, DAL will most likely have to furlough junior pilots in the hundreds if not thousands for many years unless the economy comes back up, and all the economists are saying 2009 will be worse than 2008 and it will be at least 4 to 7 years for a full recovery. This means there is a potential for DAL junior pilots and every stapled CZ pilots to be furloughed for at least 7 years or longer with ever changing airline industry picture in the domestic market. There may not be any jobs to return because DAL may decide to just reduce the number of jobs period. Just look at ther latest trend in DAL move. They are cutting back drastically in nonpilot jobs, and establishing RHS. I think this the beginning of more things to come.

Second scenario that everyone seems to not want to think about and seems to get really offended whenever it is mentioned is that it is ALSO very likely that DAL wants to MERGE Comair with CZ and then spin it off like NWA did with Pinnacle. You say no this will not happen? Just look at the latest move. DALPA wants to divulge CZ from DAL MEC and CZ to be under a separate ALPA MEC just like XJ and Comair. If you were the top management and surround yourself with this countries sharpest beancounters and lawyers and you asked what would bring in more money, what do you think the answers will be? To staple CZ and the headache that goes along with it to please some junior NWA/DAL pilots on this forum or to do the second scenario? Think about that.