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Tampa 2
Remember the company doesn't care about pilot's commute or quality of life. It is cheaper to overnite and fuel a/c at outstations. They can also save on hotel rooms for those early departures. Did you know BIL was going to be outstationed also but noone could find housing in those remote little MT towns so they had no choice. I agree noone will bid Lewisburg WV or Greenville MS so jr guys will get displaced there when they open. I hear maybe ATL hope you are right but I doubt it.
If you check the contract fuel pricing we received not long ago you can tell that it's much cheaper to buy fuel in CLE than it is the outstations. The bulk purchasing and contract we have make it that way and I'm sure it would be the same in ATL or IAD. Fuel savings alone is to the tune of a few bucks a gallon heck one top off will more than pay for the crew hotel rooms. Plus it's much easier to have staffing coverage in one base rather than a reserve Captain and FO in each outstaion.