I think that the overly positive tone in the first announcement was meant to help soften the blow of losing the Delta flying. If they had come right out and said we are losing Delta and don't know when/if there will be anything else the place would have burned down. If they say we are losing Delta but have something great coming soon it sounds a lot better. Then they can slowly back it down over time say great things are still coming just not as soon as we had hoped. and who knows depending on how things go with talks between United and its pilots and what the outcome of those talks are the whole Compass/United deal could easily still fall apart with so many moving parts involved.