That's not far fetched at all. Look at the timing of everything. A couple Friday's ago you have RAH, publicly, state they are completely F'd and are reducing a lot of flights between all three partners. Stock tanks and I truly believe they are seeing the beginning of the end.

Now what happens, outside of any scheduled negotiating session, the following Monday? We now have a TA.

It's very clear they are lining something up. Delta would be the most likely player. Gonna get interesting around here again.