You're not getting slowed because we're randomly deciding to slow down. I haven't had a day in a while that MEM center hasn't slowed me down while I was still on the arrival. Flow control into MEM used to be unheard of, now we're seeing it pretty often on short hops from FSM, XNA and some of the other shorter leg length stations. Oh, and I'll be a bit more concerned about flying faster to get there on-time when the company is concerned about getting us a decent contract. Until then, as long as the passengers are gonna make their connections (which how the banks are constructed in MEM, you can be pretty late and still see people make their connections), I really couldn't care less about what time we're gonna get to the gate.

Now, on the pass benefits, I'm still wanting "fly confirmed for less" back. Loved that with NWA, and as soon as Delta handed down the "DCI contract carrier" package, that was one of the first things gone. I LIKED being able to buy a severely discounted POSITIVE SPACE ticket for my wife and kid to go on vacation. FedEx works great for me, but I can't take my family with me. With the loads how they have been for about the past year, it's touch and go if I'd be able to take them with me on space available travel anyway, especially with the newly hired ramper from Delta taking his mom bumping us off....