As a lifelong admirer of TWA and T-5 I am thrilled that the Saarinen terminal was retained (although I sincerely hope it doesn't become some kind of ridiculous shopping mall) but the loss of the trumpet is, in my mind, not a huge loss.

I am glad they kept the tubes which were, like the TWA Flight Center itself, unique and determining features of flying out of the old TWA T-5.

As far as the gate areas, I think all of the TWA veterans will agree with me that these left much to be desired, even if they had been fully restored. The trumpet may have appealed to a small number of preservationists, but I would doubt that even they would claim the trumpet represented the kind of outstanding architecture that the terminal bldg and the tubes did.

jetBlue did great retaining what they did. Now it's time to tweak the current T-5 to work out the few bugs that affect any new operation.