Originally Posted by
embraer
There are exceptions. The HQ of an airline is a pretty rock solid base.
Example: DFW for AA/Eagle. Guaranteed to never shut down. ATL for Delta, ORD for United and their respective regionals.
Otherwise, yeah...it's a crapshoot.
Didn't Pinnacle's HQ recently just move to MSP? I know that was a pretty extreme example... but anything can happen.