Hmmm, sounds like you are very bitter about something that your airline pilot group allowed to happen in your past. Nobody is looking for a handout or a free ride here.
ASA/Comair have been flying aircraft with way more than 50 seats for a very long time now. They both had firm orders for the 70 seat RJ before Delta mainline bought them out. Delta's scope clause limits their subsidiaries equipment to less than 70 seats and are trying to take their 70 seaters away from them before they get them, thus limiting their careers.
The move for a merger does not imply that they are greedy or are looking for a date of hire merger or anything else for that matter.
It simply sets the ball rolling for talks. The Delta mainline MEC will not give the regional pilots one more red cent than they deserve. Also it will have to benefit all parties involved or it's doubtful that it will happen. So your comment regarding "Leapfrogging assasins" is undefined and undeserved.
Delta management have been pitting all 3 companies against each other and are starting to get the hang of it. This "whipsawing" must stop. This integration of the lists, however it will be agreed upon will benefit all pilot groups involved. They will come out of this with as one big unified voice and one hell of an airline.
For more info see onealpa.com
Regards,