"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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Gene Seibel wrote:


St Louis bought out 3000 homes and built a billion dollar runway. TWA
folded, American moved out, and it sits unused right here in the
middle of the country. Seems it could take some pressure off the
busier hubs. Went to Operation Rain Check and the controllers begged
us to use their services to justify their existance.

The Hub and Spoke system relies somewhat on the fact that a pretty good
number of the passengers want to go to the hub cities. I guess no one
wnats to go to STL.



St Louis was a major maintenance base for TWA, kind of like Tulsa for
American. After American bought them out, I think most of the work went to
Tulsa and Alliance Fort Worth.