Forget all the hype about stapling Compass. It's a two way pipe dream to give Compass Pilots a Delta seniority number and mainline getting a "little " scope back. Too many look at the situation through their own rose colored glasses - not how management looks at it.

How does Delta gain the most ?

A significant Delta furlough down to Compass is unmanageable. Compass has about 332 pilots; Delta has about 12,000. If they were to furlough 10% it would displace the majority of Compass pilots (sunk training costs) and still have another 800 Delta pilots looking for employment. The training workload and associated costs would be unacceptable - especially if there were a recall with improving economy and / or purchase of new aircraft. Compass is a good “cash cow” if Delta has need of $$$$ to purchase new aircraft. Compass routes could easily be picked up by Mesaba, Pinnacle and ASA. (From a 1/02/09 Post)

The economy is bad but there are always buyers out there if the price is right. Attempts to leverage stapling may speed up the selling efforts