Originally Posted by
tsquare
So then what you are saying is that those that commute choose to do so, because you live in Hooterville, a base which Delta will only lose if there is a liquidation of the company. Got it. You have no credibility in this issue and should endeavor harder to keep you pie hole shut when it comes up.
Tsquare,
Telling PG to stick isn't productive - although he is usually WAY OFF BASE (and I don't think he'll ever come off that position) on his whole commuting is a choice position (Ask all our DFW commuters (or any of the other LARGE bases DAL has closed over the years)).
Like to add another perspective to this whole argument. While the decision to move/live in ATL has worked out for PG it has not/would not have been that way for everyone. When I was hired a move to ATL looked like it would have been a great move - until 9/11, my furlough for 4 years, etc. My staying in my home allowed me to survive my furlough. Quite frankly, I would have been SCREWED if I had moved to ATL as new hire. I have already been in 3 different bases (LAX twice) and have no idea where I will end up in 5 years so I elect to commute and not count on Delta keeping .... Fill in the blank ... base open and growing. Commuting is "sort of a choice" since our moving benefits suck and we can't always afford to move to where we're based. After 10 years my seniority still sucks so who knows where I'll end up next (like Buzzpat been going backwards in LAX for 3 years - at one time (2008) I was a senior lineholder (top 20%) there)).
YMMV