Originally Posted by Lux Flyer

The current "threat" to pull out isn't so much a threat as much as it is going to be the reality if they don't get slots. The slots they have been using are held by other airlines that have been going unutilized due to the pandemic. Those slots, as of now, won't be available for them beyond the end of October. If they're going to try to get additional slots allocated, then might as well push for it to be more than their current allocation so they can serve some of the other destinations their JFK-preferring customers want.