It has nothing to do with the lawsuit - that's just a guy on this forum stirring the pot.

If there was/is a plan to introduce a vacancy bid for ORD, that would also potentially increase costs further, especially if you're being forced to pay for reductions in DTW when you could get some DTW guys to voluntarily bid ORD, if you announced ORD first. That's my best guess for the 're: ORD' angle - its a long shot, at best.

Of course, that might look like a 'win' for Spirit ALPA, so, there's the cost of that too to consider.