The flight is full all the time. Can't explain except for the elsewhere-posted "robbing the hub" theory.

This isn't the first time rumors of closures have circulated and hoping it won't be the last. The Brasilia flying isn't changed much but most of what the jet does there is SLC right now. During the summer the DEN flights are on the 700 which is unlikely to be flown by SBA crews 'cuz of the FA staffing issue.

With recent history as precedence we know that they only need a (weak) excuse to justify a base closure. (SAN, MRY, SMF).