Without sounding like a DB, the article isn't about flight ops jobs lost, it's about ground jobs being lost. And that's why I quoted you. You speciffically mentioned the "outsourced ground handlers". And I would have to agree with Romulus, define lost. Decisions like this end up affecting everyone eventually. One less hub operation (enentually) = less routes to fly = furloughs. Whenever you hear the term "right size", be afraid. Be very, very afraid.