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Ad Lib
Look at the numbers. Delta is not getting out of the regional business, they are only restructuring it using the same methodology they have for years.
When more than 50% of domestic narrow body flying is outsourced, we are only making a distinction that it is flying that Delta pilots do not perform. It is not our core business model any more. But the decreases I expected to see were reversed by these long term agreements.
Looks like to me that we're reclaiming that flying for our guys, not that we're bailing on narrowbody flying. This is a good thing for DAL guys, not an abdication of a business model.