Good, people running that place are the dumbest people ever. Back in 2009 the clowns running that place decided they wanted more revenue. So they told all the airlines their landing fees would be raised.

AA was the largest airline at the airport due to TWA and told the airport to pound sand, they’d move most of their operation to ORD. STL said, “yeah right, sure you will”. AA put out a press release listing all the flights that would no longer exist. STL said, “uh, you can stay with the same landing fees you were paying before”. AA gave the airport the finger and moved shop in 2010. AA crew base closed soon after.

SWA said they’d pick up the slack but they also weren’t paying the increased fees. STL said, “yeah that’s fine”. Which is why we fly to TUL, ICT, MSP, etc out of STL. Those were all old AA Connection routes that were cancelled when they moved operations to ORD.