This precisely why it is unlikely DAL will sell its WO to SkyWest. Selling it to SkyWest would go against what RA has stated in his recent past interviews. He already said he wants to keep a tighter control over the quality and keep most of the DCI flying inhouse. Plus, DAL does not want SkyWest to get any bigger than it already is. If DAL sells its WO it will most likely be to a third party investment corporation or to its subsidiary holding corporation it already owns. DAL would just transfer the ownership to the holding corporation. Before the merger, NWA had already set one up known as the Mesaba Compass Holding Corporation and DAL inherited it after the merger.