You're certainly entitled to your opinion, but DL and UA have the same (or very similar) policies, so saying "I don't care what the contract provides for" isn't going to make much of a difference here. Pilots flying in the highest cabin on the way to work is part of the reality of air travel in the US. I suspect that there would be plenty of kvetching if a flight got cancelled because a pilot wasn't able to position to make that flight because AA wasn't willing to bump a passenger to get them on the plane. (And between the two, bumping passengers from F to Y seems preferable to bumping passengers from Y to the gate).