Everything Colgan was dumped because that certificate was more of a mess than Pinnacle, and Delta was cleaning up Trenary's mess. Delta's big issue was not paying for the training of pilots to fly for UAL. To compare the trainwreck 9E had become by the time Menke took over, to what is going on now is apples to oranges.

These guys look at deals every day. You'd be amazed at some of the stuff that gets turned down. But if you don't think Anderson and Gumm would consider changing an agreement to increase Endeavor Air's (still giggle when I say that) profitability (and increase the value of Delta's investment) and make them more attractive to a potential buyer, then you really don't understand how this industry works.