Oh puhleeze.

Damn, I don't know how Delta survived these last several decades without you guys. Thank you so much for saving us from our heretofore Neanderthal ways.

News flash: the merger happened. Get over it. If you have substantive criticism of policies and procedures, forward it to the appropriate people. I doubt you'll find that they agree with your conclusions that you've gone from the Jetsons to the Flintstones. In fact, if they did, they'd change things.