I seem to be having problems lately with folks reading things into my posts that aren't there.

hfly, don't get me wrong. Though I'm sure your numbers are not quite accurate, your ratio is probably pretty close to telling the story. And I agree with you and am aware of the posts in the Delta thread which I have followed.

There are other "posts" I have read on this subject, but they have been on other bulletin boards and newsgroups. There are some folks that like or don't care about the change for whatever reason though.

The issue I was trying to convey had nothing whatsoever to do with the right or wrong of the change in Delta policy. I was simply stating my opinion of what I suspected Randy might be doing and somewhat objecting to the insinuation that he must "take sides".

My point was that I would hope Randy would "count" these few dissenters in whatever decision making/vote tally/ratio mix that he gives to Delta, and it is not neccessaraly his personal responsiblity to take "sides" in this, or do anything for that matter.

Besides, any hard numbers we try to come up with here for FlyerTalkers are bound to be incomplete for 2 reasons:

1. There are tons of lurkers out there that never post.

2. We have no idea of what the numbers are that go by private email to Randy.

So once again...my point to everyone is please don't be bashing Randy or trying to read his silence as support for Delta. I'm confident we'll hear from him when he is able or the time is right. Heck, he just might be out in the middle of some jungle somewhere, for crying out loud!

Just for the record, I'm strongly against these changes and even more upset that they feel they can change the program without sufficent warning at least a full calendar year in advance, so FFers can decide which elite program is best for them. Nothing like busting your hump on Delta for 8 months of the year reaching for that 2001 elite threshold and then being told "Oh, by the way, you're not going to get what you thought you were in 2001." Just not cricket, IMHO.