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DAL Pilot Types have been hearing this. Could be an easy way to shed extra unwanted lift/aircraft without having to go to court or buy out a contract.
Don't really believe it. But is slightly plausible.
Delta owns all the books and can cook them any way they please. They can make Comair, Compass, RHS, or Mesaba money-losers or money-makers with the stroke of a pen.
When Comair was up for sale, they were "making boatloads of money". Two months later, when the pilot contract was up for renegotiations, Comair was "bleeding millions". Only Delta knows the truth.
I don't think Delta wants to open up their books by filing Ch11 and letting everyone see how much XJ makes with negotiations starting next year.
As far as Delta filing for just XJ - How about they just file for the XJ airplanes they want to dump?
Wouldn't that be like Donald Trump having his left leg file bankruptcy, but don't touch that stuff over there cause it belongs to his right leg?