mesaba to pinnacle...compass to transstates/gojet....so the only delta owned regional is comair?...skywest owns asa.....and the cvg contract with mesa/freedom has been canceled...we will see what happens with republic as there is a alpa violation by them operating aircraft with over 76 seats. these spinnoffs should set the tone for delta placing an order for emb-195...100 seaters to replace the DC-9 fleet and flying them in-house like jetblue,air canada or usair....