Originally Posted by DelDah Capt

I suspect that Delta would grudgingly accept this deal and divest the 16 slots. My guess is that USAirways is the one who's really going to scuttle it and frankly, I can't blame them since they're losing 33% of what they originally bargained for. Unfortunately, it takes two to tango and we are likely to put up a united front with LCC to try and strong arm a better deal. Thank goodness this industry was 'Deregulated' 30 years ago.

With that said, a loss of this deal represents a lot of flying that's not going to happen. I don't think it means the 'F' word as the summer will be busy enough, but I wouldn't be surprised to see some large displacements on the next bid. Unfortunately, the continued loss of DC9s and the loss of this NYC flying means a lot of extra bodies on narrowbody aircraft and I don't know where those people go.