George,

I am not fine with that, but all of the current AF and KL flights were previously flown by those airlines prior to our JV. We bought the 17 AA (Ex TWA) 757-200ERs with the idea of expanding markets out of JFK to Europe, and that plane turned out not to be a good fit. Passengers didn't really like them, not enough cargo could be uplifted, etc. But, you apparently want to add flights that won't make money from the start unless it is July or August. Maybe DL was attacking CAL's once profitable EWR 757 flying, which now has been cutback too. The DL flights to Athens, BCN, MXP, used to be cut every winter before the JV. ATL to Europe flying was always reduced by half at least. The only thing I saw that did surprise me was losing JFK to FCO, which I haven't seen before, and UA/CAL is doing the same. That proves right there that this isn't a Skyteam thing, but a profit problem seen by BOTH of the top operators in NYC. But, if you want to send empty 757s to Birmingham(England), Glasgow, and Belfast, I suggest you send a request to the route planning people. Maybe that will increase our numbers? Btw, I just saw DL will have 3 daily 767s from ATL to Paris next Summer. Happy?