So by 2012, AS will go under 30 daily departures is my prediction... Would you call LAX a mini-hub with less than 30 flights a day? Not me.
So, you're saying that there's no way AS/QX will try anything else out of LAX, like how they tried LAX-STS (successfully), tried LAX-PRC (not so much successfully), are trying LAX-SJC (final verdict not in yet), and so on? They're just going to fold their tents?
QX's capacity has to go somewhere. They aren't buying Q400s to replace RJs to have them sit around idle.