I for one LUV <— see what I did there? SWA taking over AT in the ATL! It, no fooling, was the single greatest thing that could have happened to Delta Air Lines. Taking our biggest, lowest cost competitor in our biggest, most crucial hub, dramatically increasing its costs and dramatically reducing service and capacity. While the peanut galleries in the mass hysteria media and here in forum land were hoping it would be a bellweather for the end of DL from the industry darling, I assure you the average DL line pilot as well as everyone on the 4th floor at HQ was breathing a huge sigh of relief when SWA made the announcement. It was literally the best thing any airline could have done for us.

Anything that appears contrary to our sincere happiness you are here (in the ATL) is just hubris directed at the Clark Howards and DL H8rs of the world that were hoping (and still do sometimes) that SWA is the great Widget killer. Nothing can be further from the truth.