There are a lot of assumptions made here. First, you assume that this is all Delta's fault. No one here knows what is happening behind closed doors in Utah. How do you know this withdraw wasn't orchestrated by Skywest to rid itself of union infighting at XJT? Second, you assume that they sent ASA up to LGA for the purpose of killing them off? That's assuming D-0 is he only aspect the airlines care about. What about controllable completion? I'd be interested in seeing how the LGA stats compare to GoJet when they were there or to Endeavor.

I don't think they (Delta) did this maliciously. They had already shared their intent to draw down the flying. It has been shared here several times that Expressjet approached Delta to accelerate the expiration of the contract. How is this Delta's fault? Should they have told them no, we care too much about how this will be perceived by the pilots? The L-XJT operation is bleeding. You're already losing your Delta flying. What better way to staff an operation that doesn't have an expiration date than to send flying back to Delta?