I don't know officially what the load factors have been, but on the flights to and from Atlanta this Summer the flights were packed (mostly filled with military men going home from Iraq/Afghanistan etc etc etc.). A couple of points though,
1. They charge $5 per alcoholic drink after your "complimentary" drink with dinner???!!!??? Maybe I am used to Cathay/Singapore/Emirates/Etihad/Malaysian but that seems a bit rough.
2. They have some free movies, but for a lot of them it is $5 to watch, and $2.50 to watch HBO TV series like Band of Brothers and Sex in the City. Thats $2.50 per episode!!??!!! Again maybe spoilt on all the airlines above but after shelling out 4,000 dirhams (plus 2,500 dirhams extra cos I had to change my dates ???!!??) this seems a bit cheeky.
3. Even when request for baby basinette is made on booking no plans are made to accomodate that until checkin so we were allocated normal economy seats in the middle of the cabin and apart from each other, even though we had a 2 year old (had his own seat purchased) and a 2 month old. So both legs we had to have everyones seats shuffled around to accomodate us. See airlines above to see operators that don't do it this way.
Bottom line is Delta have to realise that to compete with Asian airlines they need to up their standards otherwise they will continue to lose money. Having travelled United the year before I can see why American carriers are all bankrupt.
Oh, and why are all the cabin crew older than my grand mother. Personally I would be worried in an accident that they would all be in the aisle with broken hips instead of being in a position to help evacuate the passengers. Seriously the youngest cabin crew I saw on either leg would have been a 45 ish year old guy, and the rest were 50 +.