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Reasonable how? How does it matter to anyone in the real world? And, other than that UA did it for some time how is ORD-HNL actually a special route? It doesn't connect business centers. It isn't the longest route. It holds no special value.
Certainly not enough to mess with the flight number assignments which have a real opperational impact on the company.
Yes, I'm sure giving ORD-HNL-ORD flight 1 and 2 status will totally disrupt the whole company's operations...
The special value is that prior to the CO takeover, ORD-HNL had been flight 1 since the abandonment of UA1's RTW service. That matters to people like me and apparently many others, even if you think it shouldn't.
Added complexity in the system is added complexity. If it isn't actually making things better operationally that's of no value.
There are lots of things that existed 3 years ago on both companies. Getting hung up on them and pretending they matter doesn't do much good in the real world.