yeah, and given that the Delta contract at the time did no require the Rjs to be flown by the mainline, how exactly would Chuck G have accomplished your ideal? We could have achieved one list, sure. But the company was under no obligation to honor it. How much would it have cost us to get them to put all the flying under one contract? Is there any price we could have paid to get the company to agree?
Look, Dalpa, and the other major MECs shoud have never given up RJ flying. But, once you give it up there is no way to get it back, one list or not. Management saves too much money to ever agree to moving the RJ flying to the mainline.
Your pipedream sounds good in theory, but in practice could not have been attained.
It could not be attained or taken back because the majority of Delta pilots were unwilling to press the issue. Its called a lack of resolve and the Delta pilot group has mastered it! I imagine you are in the 60%?