Originally Posted by
Speedracer2
Not to put words in anybody's mouths, but I think what he means is that dehubbing CLT would be conceding the southeast US to Delta.
Precisely. The only question is whether DL would have enough capacity to handle the windfall. As for Mayberry, North Carolina and South Carolina combined (what the English originally intended) would be the 5th most populous state. The biggest influx is New Yorkers and (ahem) Californians.