Originally Posted by
Aero1900
I have no comment on pref bid, as I don't know the effect it would have on the quality of life of the pilots.
As far as a domiciles go, it would stand to reason that they would align with the "focus cities," where a significant amount of flying will be from. The cities are Cleveland, Trenton and Washington DC. As I have mentioned before, there are some things in the contract that make opening a new domicile difficult for the company and they will likely try to alter some language in the contract to do that later on. However, I also believe the company will want to wait and see how these new focus cities work out before they create new pilot bases. Things in Trenton have gone very well (financially) but time will tell on Cleveland and Washington DC. If they go as well as planned, I would assume the company would love to make them domiciles.
WRX, did you mean that the company will hire another 50-60 in 2014? We have already hired more than that since January.
Great Points, I'd have to agree with most, Except for pref-bid - that would suck A LOT for us!!
FWIW
As for the future bases, I just got done with trips in both CLE & TTN, and would guess IMHO, that CLE will be a base in the future,(IAH Mostly possible after service is established); while TTN - no way in hell.
just my opinion.
Just Happy to be chatting about this good stuff (bases & growth), vs rah stuff... Great Times are Ahead!!!!
