Delta: Dealt a Good Hand

Like most major airlines this century, Delta Air Lines has had it rough: A number of restructurings, route changes, personnel cuts, the precipitous (and, I imagine, costly) rise and fall of its low-fare carrier Song, and eventually its filing for bankruptcy. But as has been apparent in the last two or three years people are back in the air and flying their butts off, crowding every possible plane at every possible hour, so it’s no surprise that Delta (and United before it) have been able to slowly exit from such sad, demoralizing state. On April 30, Delta emerged from bankruptcy protection as an independent carrier and what better way to celebrate than in style? With a new logo and new livery design, courtesy of New York-based Lippincott Mercer. Delta’s Flip-Flop-Flippin’