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I'm not arguing that some airports have more destinations than others. It wouldn't make sense for Southwest not to have stations with large numbers of operations. I'm debating your definition of the word "hub." I will not deny that Southwest has large operations at sites such as Chicago, Las Vegas and Baltimore. I'm saying the term "hub" needs to be put into perspective. You mention the number of destinations served from Baltimore and Chicago. That's nothing compared to the fortress hubs I mentioned. Dallas Ft. Worth serves 191, Atlanta over 230, Chicago O'Hare 222. I will state it again: Southwest's services remain largely point-to-point.

"The new FAA rule is a max of 45 hours per week." Yes I know this, I'm a pilot as well. I was making an overall point about how the industry has changed.

"Do you really believe that Warwick NOT PROVIDENCE had more passengers headed for the West Coast than Logan even during the height of the boom in 2005? That makes no sense at all." Yes it does, because I've seen the numbers. And I said nothing about "the West Coast." I said Los Angeles. Southwest's stimulation of fare competition during the end of the 90's and early 00's dramatically drove down ticket prices for the Providence catchment region, leading to a large amount of leakage from Boston to Providence. This impacted fares to Los Angeles and many other airports in addition to the destinations Southwest served from Green. When JetBlue entered Boston with their lower fares this leakeage effectively stopped and was reversed. This continues today at a very high level.

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