This is really too bad. There are many times when ORD is almost shut down and MDW is functioning ontime, so it was a viable option many times for getting out of Chicago.

In addition - flights between CLE-ORD - especially Mondays and Thursdays, are already full. How will the excess load be handled?

Let's hope the silver lining here is that they will restore either XJT or mainline service from CLE-ORD - and remove the ever unreliable CHQ from flying into ORD.