There was some question about what Crew Resources were thinking when they mentioned the possibility of a 777 "micro" base. They answered that question in the latest Crew Resources letter.

The concept of "micro" categories refers to small categories. The categories will have line holders and reserves and there will be no changes needed to the PWA. We envision 25-30 crews. We are currently analyzing the feasibility of the MSP-777 categories. No decisions have been made. If we open these categories it would not be until 2015. The challenge we have is weighing the credit savings gained from opening the categories with the potential training cost that will result. Depending on the amount of training generated from opening new categories it could be more efficient to continue to leave DTW-777 open and deadhead crews to MSP and LAX to start the rotations. We are analyzing the potential scenarios now and will provide updates in future newsletters.