Originally Posted by
Conquistador27
DFW? Oh for Delta? No, wait that base closed. It’s funny how you picked what you wanted? AA? What about STL or PIT. UAL? How about CLE that is just barely hanging on. Would you have called those secure? The point was rookie, you don’t solely pick an airline based on bases, since they can vanish overnight. There is no such thing as a secure base.
I mean Delta is/owns ATL. If any argument for a secure base is to be made, that's probably high up there. I agree overall though, nothing is certain; only a few major HUBs are sure bets and only for Legacies that have fully dug in.