Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

Hockey44,

Great question: "Why are there holes in our contract?"

Again, you need to consider why these holes exist in our contract. They are not accidental. Our scope language was REMOVED on purpose.

Lee Moak used to put on a presentation explaining how outsourcing improved profitability which made for better Delta pilot contracts. Outsourcing is more profitable if you have more vendors competing and driving the price down. Contractual provisions were REMOVED to increase cost competition among DCI carriers and to facilitate the sale of Delta's subsidiaries (ASA, Comair, Compass, Mesaba, etc).