Did not mean to depress anyone. My next post stated that Pinnacle will come out just fine no matter what because Delta will be certain to give Pinnacle a bulk of CRJ900 flying, more than initial 18. Pinnacle has a core of great pilots very much like XJ and both XJ and Pinnacle are in pretty much the same boat in the long run. NWA will probably wind up selling off XJ after the buildup.