And who exactly do you think their alliance is too. Clue, think puppet and and strings. Just because Endeavor management is in MSP doesn't mean they're off on their own island. For God's sake, while we are not Delta, we are an extension of Delta. Always have been. Weather we were Mesaba/Pinnacle, or Endeavor. Pinneacle and Mesaba management just simply followed the orders of mainline weather it was Northwest or Delta. Where regionals have an advantage (non wholly owned) like Skywest or Republic is the ability to be self sufficient. Meaning financing the airframes themselves. If mainline can keep some of these investments off their books it gives them a better credit rating and more buying power for the bigger stuff