Originally Posted by JoeMerchant

WOW!...I agree 100% with PCL128...and that is significant if you know the history between us.

It's too bad this wasn't resolved back in 2000 when ASA and CMR filed the PID as it would have been easier back then. The "stars were more in alignment" back then as far as leverage, but is looks as though the stars are now aligning from the standpoint of "mainline opinion"...

1. DCI regional pilots already fly Delta passengers...Have for many years and will continue to. If it is a "danger", then it is whether they sit in a DCI cockpit or a Delta cockpit.

2. It is in EVERYONE's best interest to negotiate as ONE with a SINGLE group. That being said, I do believe that ship has sailed and we most likely won't see that ever happen now.

3. I am one of those regional "lifers"...I didn't plan on that, but because scope was sold, I decided to go for QOL at the top of the regional list rather than the bottom of the mainline list.....We can either work TOGETHER as ONE, or we can work against each other as separate groups defending our own turf...I am OK either way, we just need to establish the rules.

4. Very interesting to see how the view of a "single list" has changed in the past decade...