Gulf airlines come in from the cold with alliances

With Etihad starting a codeshare with AF/KLM, how long until they join Skyteam? If they do, I think we will be relegated to the narrow body and small widebody role that others predicted here a year ago. Korean, AF/KLM, Etihad fly the big stuff, regionals and Alaska fly the small stuff, and we do the middle portion.

I guess you can see it happening. Take a look at ATL-CDG on any given day. You know, our big hub and their big hub.

DL: 1x767
AF: 2x777

Does that seem balanced to anyone?