I guess my first question is how much ATL cares about being #1 in movements. Also, I think we’re making a mistake and blending the passenger experience with growth and volume. How many connecting passenger select their tickets based on connection location? Of those passengers, how many are selecting based on airport amenities versus other factors such ease of navigation, delay reputation, overall trip time (is it out of the way?), etc. Meaning, if I was flying ROC-TPA, I doubt I’d select LGA (or DCA) as a connection despite the pretty terminals because NYC connections are frequently a mess versus selecting CLT, IAD, or ATL.
Bottom line, we’re the 1% of travelers here. Most passengers have a drastically different decision tree.
Oh and ATL movements. Future growth is going to dependent on replacing the WN hub flights. I don’t see that happening.