I had read in earlier posts about the woes of people finding out their flights had changed with Delta and AirTran sounding like the biggest culprits. So I decided to check up on my upcoming Airtran flight and guess what - my 2 hour direct flight was now a 6 hour excursion with a layover. Thanks to this forum i checked the status because AirTran did not feel to need to notify me.

Happy ending - I cancelled my reservations and rebooked on Southwest. Net gain $15 and 3.5 hours for the original plan