Kinda did, actually. 9E didn't have to buy XJ and agree to the ASA for those airplanes that they did. 9E management screwed the pooch and then botched the merger, which surprised absolutely nobody familiar with 9E management. I feel bad for the 9E pilots and even moreso the XJ pilots, who had an excellent and supremely safe operation since 1944 and have been screwed over more times in the last 10 years than I care to count. But the fact remains 9E management put 9E in BK. DL took advantage of it in refusing to renegotiate the ASA (contract is a contract, etc), buying 9E out of BK, and convincing 9E pilots to vote themselves a paycut.