And so what if it does? You're most likely not going to be able to do anything about it. So you can either accept the changes and do your best to understand them (by reading posts from knowledgeable posters on FT perhaps) and get them to work for you, or you can move on to another airline, and perhaps more importantly, another FT forum.

If UA pax had "accepted the changes" over the past couple years, confirmed regionals would be long gone by now (let alone getting the "enhancement" pushed back a year), and CO flyers would have never known this benefit.

Seems to be an "oh well" mentality among some on here on key issues (we know what they are) - I commend others like bocastephen for standing up to a program clearly on the decline and trying to do something about it.