The airline rally of the last scan did not hold: all six names carry a negative seven-day change at today's close, the sector ETF ($JETS) gave back the 200-day average it reclaimed on September 25, and only Delta ($DAL) still has a clean long-term structure. American ($AAL) is the weak spot of the week (-6.71% over seven days, -27.79% over three months), and Alaska ($ALK) slid further below its 200-day (-13.0%). Today itself was quiet — four of six rose less than 1.6% and Delta and American slipped — so this is a week-long fade, not a one-day break. Nothing here is oversold; the lowest RSI is 41.2.

Data as-of the 2026-10-02 close for all six tickers, including the sector ETF ($JETS). Numbers from the pre-computed airlines summary. Comparison scan: the September 25, 2026 close.

The cohort flipped from last scan's all-green close to a drift lower. Seven-day changes run from Southwest's -0.49% (the mildest) to American's -6.71%, with the sector ETF at -2.9% and Alaska at -3.44%. Today's one-day moves were small and mixed: Southwest +1.51%, United +0.65%, Alaska +0.1%, $JETS +0.18%, Delta -0.05% and American -1.45%.

Longer-horizon structure is split. Delta remains above its 200-day by 10.9% with a golden cross and a strong-up tag, and a +47.32% one-year return. United is still above its line (+3.1%) with positive alpha (+3.64), but its trend tag is weak-down. Southwest is 2.4% under its 200-day yet carries a weak-up tag, +31.45% over the year and alpha of +16.44. $JETS (-1.4% vs 200-day) and American (-1.8%) both sit just under their lines on positive one-year returns (+13.65% and +13.21%) but negative alpha. Alaska is the only name flat-or-down over the year with deeply negative alpha, and it is the actually broken one.

Fuel context: a CNBC item on October 1 reported Brent jumping more than 4%, which is a plausible headwind for carriers. That is context only; the news pulls for the six names (Delta and United pulled October 1, returning no items; Southwest September 19; Alaska August 28; American July 9; $JETS June 21) do not tie any move to oil, and the stock-events record shows only upcoming earnings (Delta October 8-9, United October 20-21). The cause of the week's decline is unknown from the corpus; the pulls for Southwest, Alaska, American and $JETS predate the move and say nothing either way.

• $JETS: reclaimed its 200-day on September 25 (+1.5%); now -1.4% — lost it. Trend tag back to down.
• Alaska: 200-day gap narrowed to -10.5% last scan; now -13.0% — the narrowing did not follow through.
• American: was -0.2% from its 200-day, nearly reclaimed; now -1.8%.
• Delta: cushion over 200-day eased from +12.6% to +10.9%; trend stays strong-up.
• United: cushion eased from +4.6% to +3.1%; trend tag weak-down.
• Southwest: gap went from -1.8% to -2.4%, but its trend tag improved from strong-down to weak-up.
• No name is oversold; none is overbought.

RSI measures recent buying vs selling pressure on a 0-100 scale; under 30 is oversold. The trend tag is a short-window read, not a verdict on the multi-year story. The 200-day gap, one-year change and alpha (return versus the market) are the longer-horizon check. This board is raw screen evidence, not a set of setups.

Capitulation, RSI under 25: None.

Oversold, RSI 25-40: None. Lowest are American (41.2) and Alaska (42.6), just above the band, with $JETS at 43.

Neutral to strong, RSI 40+: All six. Southwest (57.1) and Delta (55) are highest; United is 50.7.

Does Delta hold its 20-day area into its October 8-9 earnings? Do $JETS and Southwest reclaim their 200-days, or does the fade extend? Does Alaska's gap widen further? And does oil's October 1 jump get confirmed as a driver in any ticker-level news — today it is context, not a stated cause.

• Tape: pre-computed airlines summary as of the 2026-10-02 close (airlines).
• Comparison: 2026-09-25-airlines.
• Oil context: CNBC, October 1, 2026, "Brent oil jumps more than 4%..." (2026-10-01-cnbc-brent-oil-jumps-more-than-4-as-u-s-reportedly-sends-third-ai-108370821).
• News/event check: stocks{DAL,UAL,LUV,JETS,AAL,ALK}/news/latest.json(fetched_at dates above);research/stock-events/` has only upcoming earnings rows for these names.