elchamp – Love your creativity, but your question begs another: What’s so wrong with our name ‘Delta’?

SLCFlyingD – Thank you for the compliment. We’re working hard, so it is great to hear your feedback that we are moving in the right direction.

boiler11 – Thank you for the suggestion. We are looking forward to welcoming our NWA passengers and employees to the Delta family in the coming weeks and months. Keep the suggestions coming!

malbarda – You are very correct that our task ahead will be formidable. As C.E. Woolman, our founder and first CEO once said, “The only monotonous thing about the aviation industry is the constant change.” We feel Northwest is an ideal choice for us because it is an industry leader in key complementary international markets with employees who are committed to helping us win in the global marketplace. I encourage you to continue to keep us honest by voicing your concerns for improvement. Thank you for your good wishes and please know that we appreciate and count on your support as well!

I think the task ahead is pretty formidable. The NWA fleet is old and tired. Their network might be complimentary (which is great!) but it does not start in Atlanta. And on certain routes there will now be less competition which is never a good idea.

I am glad Delta will remain Delta. There is still a lot of room for improvement but at least you are making efforts and we (the FF) notice. You even make us part of your journey of change (like with this blog) which is an excellent and precendent setting activity.

So I guess I am sitting on the fence. A good outcome would be that NWA dissolves into Delta, with equal standards of quality and service. Bad outcome would be that Delta’s efforts are slowed down or corporately damaged by absorbing tired NWA. I wish you good speed, and count on all of you (with help and support from all of us) that the outcome is remeniscent of the first option and not the second.

I didn’t know who to direct this towards, so I just figured it could go here.