Originally Posted by sinoflyer

You can all you want, but your premise is completely ridiculous. By your rubric, DL should operate LAX-ORD because LAX is a DL hub, and flying to a competitor's hub like ORD is just like UA going from SFO to DL's hub at MSP.

Besides, if you are so concerned about the competitiveness of airlines, you should get on DL's case for not flying LAX-LHR, or using all RJs on LAX-SFO, LGA-ORD, ad nauseam. Surely DL can compete. LAX and LGA are "hubs" (sic) after all.