Spanners normally has a finger on the pulse so personnally i'm inclined to think his sources are good.
Others may disagree. It's called freedom of speech ?
It's not about being in a tizz based on a rumour that VIR WILL cut ATL , we are all circumspect about stories on here,
but if that is on the drawing board as an option it's more about attempting to counter any suggestion of the merest whiff of a cut !
If there is "smoke" its needs flagging up NOW not after things have been put in place.
We want MAG execs (who do read this column BTW
), to be clear we really need to retain ATL as an embedded successful DAILY route and only invest in "tinkering" if there are spare aircraft.
San Franscisco and Boston s/b an aswell as, not an instead of......as long as that is clear not a problem.