Yes it was. 9E was so understaffed, Menke cancelled the BOS flying for US Airways Express to better staff the rest of the operation with those pilots. Delta shouldn't pay for incompetence and reshuffling their competition. They agrees to lay training costs, but for pilots going TO the Delta Connection banner. Not to their competitor. Sorry, but it was 9Es managament and the SLI award with it's conditions that screwed 9E into BK.