Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
Interesting. I guess B6 wouldn't be the worst hookup. The problem is that the resulting airline ends up being a dumbbell: Good in NYC, good in Florida, good in California, the rest of the US is flyover country except for a tiny operation in DAL. That's not ideal (US didn't like being a PHX-PHL/CLT dumbbell either).
B6 is also strong out of BOS.
As far as the middle of the country, they
could try to build up their ORD presence. That may be easier said than done.