Which happens to be a Delta asset. Cheer if you want, but management is just outsourcing flying to a cheaper, non ALPA, entity with newer, bigger and better airplanes.

The great news it that when fuel goes above about $85 a barrel the replacement jets cross over into lower CASM than MD88's and DC9's cost as much on a seat mile basis as door to door service in a Lamborghini driven by Justin Timberlake (not really, but close).