I would like to see the source on that. Not saying it isn’t possible. It just sounds far fetched. SAN is gate and runway constrained and is located in the corner pocket of CONUS. It has a lot of cool things like a rabidly loyal customer base of OE traffic and great weather, but it sucks for connections because our gates are currently divided between three separate security screens. It will never be a traditional base.

STL has more gates, more runways, and a huge growth potential. All that and it is located in a prime spot for connections (we don’t do hub and spoke, though).

I don’t think we will see a new crew base open up for years, if ever.