Originally Posted by Name User

When CLT was having that power struggle for who would run the airport, the outgoing manager had one plea. "Just keep your connecting costs down". They know AA will pull out/reduce because it's sole purpose is to connect passengers. Similar to PIT.

PIT was costing Airways $1 mil/week because of the high cost of doing business there. That was at a time when that sort of money meant something to the airline. So, they pulled out.

Call me crazy but I would bet over time, I'm talking 10-15 years, CLT will become even more senior and DFW will get junior as the AA guys retire. There was very little draw to the Dallas area other than the cost of living and that is really starting to spike. CLT offers quite a lot - lower cost of living, diverse terrain (mountains/Ashville area), real lake front living (only one natural lake in Texas and it's no where near Dallas).