By whatever name you wish to refer to it, STL will continue to out perform not only ord and dfw, but other "focus cities" such as bos, lga, lax, as well. The spirt of stl lives on.....regretably it will live without many of the fine individuals working there that made it what it was...but those who remain will no doubt carry on the tradition of teamwork and performance previously established. Those displaced from stl to other cities will make positive impacts in their new locations.
In addition, the teamwork and performance of those working for AAC carriers in stl should also be recognized and have a large part to play in stl perfomance stats in their own right.