You only have to look at their new wave system to realize that they are designing a sked that fits the realities of the world. This is a departure from the old system where the sked was designed politically.
Not only are they consolidating routes by dropping unprofitable ones but the new sked is about 5 aircraft light (at least in comparison to previous skeds) to allow for substiting due to maintenamce and mechanicals. Something unheard of here in the past!!