So who ultimately decides whether flow continues or not from CPZ to Delta?

Does the sale of CPZ necessitate that no flow-ups will occur?

If the new owner of CPZ determines whether flow-ups will occur, would that make sense financially to continue w/ a flow-thru agreement? Fairly junior workforce (low cost) and flow-ups would drive up training costs for the new owner.

The flow-thru might not be the ONLY reason for the sale, but it must have been a contributing factor. The timing is just too good for Delta to believe that it was a coincidence. This was likely in the works for some time as flow-thru agreements generally don't make good financial sense.

Didn't Continental have a flow-thru agreement w/ Express years back? I can remember some comments in Bethune's book that were highly critical of flow-thru agreements; that they were not good for business. Based on this history of flow-thrus falling apart, should we be surprised by the sale of CPZ and Mesaba?