Exactly. It's about relative expectations/disappointments. The more DL insists on how the merger wouldn't erode WP benefits and the more DL insists SM is industry leading FF program, the more pissed WP elites would get when those promises came up empty. If DL had just come out and said "yeah, our program is nowhere as good as WP. You are pretty screwed by the merger, oops. Don't expect much from us.", I'm sure this thread wouldn't be as negative.