How about this windfall. SWA is buying the nation's safest airline. Just think about, your safety record will improve with this aquisition

Here's an article from the Atlanta Business Chronicle. I love the Bias. Although AirTran is rated number 1, the headline reads "Delta fifth-safest U.S. Airline. AirTran just doesn't get any respect.

Delta fifth-safest U.S. airline
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011, 4:28pm EST

Delta Air Lines Inc. was the fifth-safest airline in 2010, according to a new study released by USNews.com.

Atlanta-based Delta had 77 documented incidents out of approximately 1,994,725 flights, the report said.

The report said of Delta’s incidents: “On Sept. 27, the pilot had to shut down the right-hand engine on Flight 116 from Atlanta, Ga. to Stuttgart, Germany, leading to a landing in St. John's, Canada. Four days later, the same plane had to shut down the same engine again. A similar incident occurred on Flight 1921 on Dec. 30, with two passengers obtaining minor injuries during the evacuation.”

AirTran Airways, which hubs at Harstfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, was named the safest American airline with five documented incidents out of 255,500 flights, besting No. 2 Southwest Airlines, which recorded 23 documented incidents out of 1.13 million flights.

The airlines ranked according to safety:

AirTran
Southwest
US Airways
Continental
Delta
United Airlines
American Airlines
JetBlue
Click here for the Forbes report.