btw, after reading the trim tab, I have to say it is not lost on me that we are being told we will have a significant increase in mainline's proportion of domestic flying versus saying we will have a significant increase in mainline's domestic flying.

There are two expressions that have been getting treated as equals, the first is saying an increase in the share of flying is equal to an increase in the amount of flying.

But that's only the case if the consolidated amount of flying stays the same. But if it decreases, a higher share is not necessarily more flying. You have go from 54% to 61% without increasing our flying. The key would've been to put limits, like we had with hull limits under the PWA, and say if the total flying decreases X amount then we will be compensated for a loss in the value of a given share by... something you like whatever that is.

Which is a lot like the notion that the 717s are all growth, "If you could see the business plan, you'd see that's the case!" Well, if that's the case, just write it down, no harm no foul if it's the plan anyways.