We have transatlantic JV scope protections with the AF/KLM pilots, and as such it would take 3-4 different courts to overturn the JV protections we enjoy currently.

It actually would give us a good bit of leverage if V-Atl. came into skyteam and DL/AFKL wanted them in on the trans-atlantic JV. time will tell.

I'm with Buzzpat: berets, no showers, and good red wine for DAL pilots in 10 years! I agree that foreign ownership is a big question mark down the road, but its not the AF/KL/DL pilots being under one contract that i worry about (not that I think that will happen anyway (the AF pilots have more than one union at the present), its the operation of "Skyteam" flights by "asia/africa/mid-east" crews working for 1/10th of DL/KL/AF wages that worries me more.