Carl;
I no class warfare here. I know what you are talking about, but look no further than some of the posts around ours to see what guys are saying.
It does happen. Lots of scope was sold for gains in previous contracts. Even you admit that huts the bottom.
Either way, I think Satch's point is that he prefers to see DAL grow, not stagnate because if is not allowed to gain funding for aircraft because of its commitments else where. Makes sense on many levels, but it does not take away the need to recoup the bone cutting cuts that were forced on both permerger groups in 1113C.
We do not differ on where we need to go, and heck I may end up agreeing that it is X or bust, but as I have previously stated, we need to look at a two pronged approach to see which one gets us to where we ultimately want to be the quickest.