Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

If they never state it as the reason, then they'll just appear as intransigent in front of the NMB. If they do state that as the reason, the NMB would quickly slap management down as attempting to negotiate outside the scope of the RLA. Either way, management loses with this concept.

The ONLY way they can win is if we pilots EXCUSE it as part of the Delta "culture."

Carl