Now I know you are smarter than that. Like Bored said where have you been in the last couple of years?

Delta Airlines, Inc. the parent Holding Corporation owns many aviation business entities, one of which happens to be Delta mainline flying under the Delta Airlines banner. RA is the CEO of Delta mainline and he answers to the Board of Directors of Delta Airlines mainline who are appointed to these positions by the Board of Directors of parent Delta Airlines, Inc. In many cases, they are same people. I've pasted the info below for your education.

Delta, the "mainline" component of Delta Air Lines, Inc., - serves primarily high-volume domestic flights and long-haul international services.

Aviation business related operations, divisions, and subsidiaries

Northwest Airlines headquarters in Eagan, Minnesota

• Comair Holdings, LLC
• Comair Services, Inc.
• Crown Rooms, Inc.
• DAL Aircraft Trading, Inc.
• DAL Global Services, LLC
• DAL Moscow, Inc., a 50/50 partnership with Aeroflot
• Delta AirElite Business Jets, Inc.
• Delta Benefits Management, Inc.
• Delta Cargo, Delta's air freight division.
• Delta Connection, a marketing brand given to flights operated by certain regional airlines on short- to mid-haul, low- to mid-volume routes, "connecting" hubs to airports where the larger "mainline" planes would either have a hard time accessing, go unfilled or too infrequently to be profitable.
• Delta Connection Academy, Inc.
• Delta Corporate Identity, Inc.
• Delta DASH, Delta's same-day small package delivery service, part of Delta Cargo.
• Delta Loyalty Management Services, LLC
• Delta Shuttle, which operates high frequency, short-haul service using McDonnell Douglas MD-88s configured with a single-class cabin, and are slowly being replaced with more efficient and economical Embraer 170s and 190s flown by Shuttle America for Delta. The flights operate between LaGuardia Airport and Logan International Airport; and between LaGuardia Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Delta Shuttle operates with the same operating certificate, callsign, IATA, and ICAO codes as Delta Air Lines, Inc., unlike Delta Connection branded sub-fleets flown by other certificated regional airlines.
• Delta Technology, LLC
• Delta Ventures III, LLC
• Epsilon Trading, Inc.
• Kappa Capital Management, Inc.
• Northwest Airlines, an airline based in Minnesota merged with Delta to create the world's largest airline. It operates routes in North America, Asia, and Europe. Merger closed on October 29, 2008.
• Regional Handling Services, a new subsidiary that will ground handle aircraft for Comair, Compass Airlines, and Mesaba Airlines