Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
Well, yes, the base change is positive or negative dependent upon one's perspective. But just the fact that there's hiring, there's growth, there's positive outlook and stability. Those didn't exist when I started flight training. Pilots and furloughees instructed five years waiting for the recession to turn around just so they could finally get the chance to be a regional FO, or to be an FO again. Puts things into perspective.
Yeah, this is how the regional biz is. Constantly changing. I have seen IAH open then close. ORD and IAD were two large bases now small. Now ORD gone IAD grow. PHX explode in size and CLT dwindle. Then PHX shrink and CLT grow. Now CLT gone PHX grow. And LAX and DFW open. IAH is back. And for you new folks that's just in the last 7 years. PS. Don't forget about the Delta contract and Beech 1900 musical chairs. Hell if I went back the full 9 years since DOH, it would take up an entire page on base closures, openings and size changes.