Well, made it to MSY! No hassles, flight was only about 10% full, except for 1st Cabin which had 1 empty seat. Even got in 10 min early, but too late to join Mathew Clement for the evening.
My seatmate, a Swiss German food broker consultant from SFO who doesn't know Rudi, said that his flight was about 2/3 full.
We'll see if my flights tomorrow stay as written.
Joe