A little background on Fred Reid. When he left Delta he got a pretty good parachute, but it included a no compete clause. He got around that by working under a personal services contract to Richard Branson. The DOT did not like the top guy for a US airline being paid by a Brit. Watch out for him, he is very smart and capable, but do not trust him. Perhaps he will be like Crandal was at American. The pilots there always said "Yeah he"s a S*B, but he"s our S*B'.