But a Compass staple would have done nothing to plug the gaping hole in scope without also fighting and spending capital on reducing what can be outsourced. You could staple the entire DL regional system tomorrow, but as long as the company were free to sign new carriers or start new ones, then nothing would really be accomplished long term. The number of planes allowed to be outsourced and the seat/weight limits of them have to be reduced, significantly, or it really doesn't matter because if that doesn't happen, nothing has really changed.

Now if stapling a particular pilot group or groups in some way facilitates the reduction in allowable outsourcing limits and totals, then by all means let's do it.