FtB;
Like many things the 1.5 above 80 is good at first pass, but when you get in to the unintended consequences for it in slow times like this, yep it is not the way to go. ALV and max pickups provide much more job protection.

The guys that wrote it were not born yesterday. It may mean less on your W-2 but it means more W-2's attached to Delta Pilots.