They're already flying Delta passengers in airplanes with widgets on the tails. The average passenger doesn't even realize that he's not on a Delta mainline flight. The same is true for regional carriers flying feed for every mainline carrier.

Think of it this way: if a regional pilot is not fit to be flying your passengers, yet the regional carrier hasn't weeded him out over all of these years that he's been a "lifer," don't you think that the way to weed him out and get him to stop flying Delta passengers is to get the Delta training department a chance at getting rid of him?

Mainline pilots need to lose the mentality that regional guys should be shunned. The only way you'll ever end the outsourcing is to bring the regional guys in, not push them away.