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* No military pilot would want to begin their career flying RJ's
* RJ's did not pay enough to be a mainline aircraft
* The quality of Delta pilots would diminish because qualified pilots would not want to fly for Delta if Delta operated RJ's at mainline
* ASA and Comair pilots were not qualified to be Delta pilots (web boards were full of allegations of ASA & Comair pilots being drunks, felons and lacking a College degree)
The fact that DAL ALPA at the time would give more thought to what military pilots wanted than other ALPA pilots goes to show you how defunct that union is. Some of these sentiments still exist today. I am not trying to start infighting, but it should be noted.