Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
So it remains to be seen if the LAX routes will stay Phoenix-based or not. Financially it'd save the company money not to open a crew base, and 9 out of 10 pilots would rather hold Phoenix than LA, probably. Hope management can figure out the logistics of keeping those crews in Arizona.
There's a handful of CAs & FOs who live within driving distance to LAX--I'd say at least 10-20 in each seat position would make it their #1 pref. It's very driveable from San Diego all the way up to Malibu/Topanga/Santa Barbara, so we're not just talking about people who live in LAX proper.
KW is a smart guy--I'm guessing they're going to wait until they've done a couple of months of LAX flying so they have data to assess hotel costs/MX/delays/deadheads/etc. out of PHX versus the costs of a crewroom, parking passes, etc. in LAX.