I don't think anyone would be surprised about continued cuts in the CVG flying. The pulldown from hub status to more of a focus city is inevitable, despite what Delta wants everyone to believe. Besides didn't that one dude at DL very carefully word a recent statement regarding the future of the CVG hub past this summer? After the Piedmont merger in 1989, I remember when USAir had hubs in PIT, PHL, CLT, DCA, and BWI, with tiny hubs in DAY and SYR (not to mention all of the focus cities littered all over the NE and Midwest), and look how well it worked out for them...