What are you talking about? What exactly would "Delta banging down the door for us" look like to you? Describe exactly what we would see and hear if that were happening. Nevermind, just explain how any of us would even know that was happeneing.

If you aren't capeable of critical thinking, or even anything other than stringing together sentences with buzzwords and obvious comments about what is going on now and in the immediate foreseeable future, you don't have anything of value to add.

Why wouldn't we be whipsawed against everyone else? That's the only reason Parker signed a deal with TSA and Expressjet once he took control, to whipsaw them against Envoy in an attempt for Envoy to take concessions, which they eventually did. It's so painfully simple I don't understand how you don't see it. In 2-3 years:

Parker to Piedmont: "With all those bonuses and raises, paying for flight time, you guys are now more expensive than AWAC. Take concessions or else we give the flying to them."

Replace PIEDMONT and AWAC with literally any other carrier and this is what happens, all the time.The wholly owneds are not immune from whipsawing just because they're wholly owned. If you think it's over because you signed one concessionary deal, you're literally an idiot.

Don't mistake your length of time in the industry for actual insight.