Whack - you and I will agree. Hotel costs are huge with SWA.
E6bpilot - we will disagree, way off the mark here.....senior guys are not an issue with satellite bases. They will actually open up other main bases for seniority. No firings of crew base coordinators. AND satellite bases will be here sooner than you think. Yes, they have been the talk for many, many years. The ipad has open that game wide open for that.
For example, BNA is a great place to live. Many commuters live here for the easy one leg commute to MDW, BWI, MCO, HOU, DAL, and even DEN and LAS. You make a satellite base here and it opens up all these other bases for many reasons.