Yes, I was just reading this. I know CAL did the same thing with Continental Express, but it shifted over to a different subsidery, ownership. Now Express Jet. Nothing to do with Continental. Just think, something has to happen to these airplanes, I doubt they would all go into mothball in the desert overnight. And if these planes stay in service working for a different named company or they get sold around, they gotta have people maintaining them. They can operate under their own carrier without using Delta as a parent company. Do like Express Jet did. They seem quite profitable. These workers don't have to get layed off if it was all executed under proper planning and leadership.
Nuther scenario would be to absorb all the employees at Delta as they upgrade their fleets? I can see issues with seniority and placement moving slow. Someone with 22 years at Comair suddenly going to BIG DELTA and starting at the bottom of it all in seniority doesn't sound too appeasing. But if it comes down to job or no job, what else have you got? Sometimes it just sux to be in that predicament. We've all seen it or come close to feeling it in this business.