http://www.commercialappeal.com/news...emphis-passen/

I apologize if someone already posted about this but I did not find a thread talking about it.

Looks like Delta claims it won't close Memphis, but we've heard all sorts of lies over the past few years, especially with Cincinnati. "Oh we won't shrink CVG anymore than it is now..." repeat each time for the past six years and you have it's current size. With Memphis, they keep shrinking it and claiming that "this is it, no more," but I am skeptical.

In a "perfect world according to Delta," there would only be hubs at ATL, NYC, DTW, SLC, and MSP (sort of at MSP, I could also see them throwing it under the bus someday too), and a few focus operations at LAX, SEA, and a few others. Especially ATL, where they have cut old NWA routes from other hubs and cities and added more flights to ATL. Examples: Delta cut AEX-MEM, a route I used to fly all the time and added two extra AEX-ATL. They cut MEM to Wichita, but added a mainline service jet and extra departure to ATL. Wichita did not have mainline service to ATL until this. ATL has been cut internationally but certainly not domestically very much.

What are your thoughts? I feel like MEM and CVG will feel the same fate as DFW. Delta is slowly cutting the hubs to allow businesses and people to adjust. This gives large companies (especially in CVG) to close their operations in the city and move out before all of the flights leave. Since the "overnight pull outs" like in DFW and PIT (good ol' US Air) airlines have learned to slowly pull out and tell little lies along the way to keep the pressure cooker of passenger complaint down.