Is DL regretting a global crisis that has halted air travel and left millions (maybe even billions at this point) quarantined in their home / city / state / country and has caused the cancellation of thousands of events and grounded millions of corporate travelers?
Are you telling me if DL had been really generous with elites, those elites would suddenly be defying those government orders and keeping the planes in the air?
I believe that AA is in the weakest position here, but grounding 40% of the fleet while air travel drops by 70% or more is enough to kill even the strongest airline so anyone who assumes DL is going to survive this (without government support) in the current state isn't recognizing how serious this really is.