Originally Posted by forgot to bid

Okay, and I know T and Timbo will give me a hug over this and so please no I am not a paid supporter of Florida pilots, but for crying out loud WHY DO WE NOT HAVE A 767 BASE IN MCO??????

In MCO we had:
Delta Maintenance... chk
Flight Attendant base... chk
Several hundred 757 flights a day... chk
Overnight expenses for all of these overnight crews... chk

And yet no base? Is this punitive in nature? Are they planning on getting rid of the 757 flying out of MCO? I doubt it. But even if they were when did this company start caring about opening and closing bases at will? This seems punitive to me.

By the way, gotta love this out of MCO yesterday as we were boarding to fly to JFK:

FA: "Ma'am, I'm sorry but there is no more overhead space and we're going to have to check your bag."

Passenger: "Okay, that's fine."

Delta Jumpseater: "Don't do it ma'am. If they check your bag it'll be lost. You'll never see it again."

Passenger: "Wait, what? What should I do? I don't want to lose my bag?"

WTH?