Good advice. We haven't hit any points yet where the TA rationale has been debunked, nor validated.

I don't think I'm alone in detecting some back-pedalling by SD, and I'm also unconvinced by the arguments that the economy is turning against us more than it was already against us. I don't really see any new factors now that didn't exist in June, which might justify a change in the plan. In particular, I'm unimpressed with the European "surprise" argument. That's a little bit like saying we all agreed the train was derailing, but we weren't sure of how the fourth and fith cars would fare, and everything is different now that they're coming off the rails.

I also suspect that we're seeing a deliberate shift away from direct flights, and into feeding the JV hubs.

But for now, it's too early to draw lasting conclusions about the TA.