Originally Posted by
Snuffaluffagus
Rule number 1 about commuting: You don't move for a regional. Look at the tons of base closures at various airlines over the years.
And to a lesser extent, that rule can apply to some legacies. If it it's simply removing a fleet form a domicile and one can't hold it anymore. But the base closure stil applies;
UAL SEA-MIA-HNL
DAL/NWA BOS-MEM-ANC-HNL-BNA-PDX and others I'm forgetting.
AA SFO
USAir PIT-BOS.
Let's take it to FedEx, OAK and EWR.
And YES, I would AGREE that a domicile is "safer" at a legacy than the whack a mole style opening-closing of regionals. But it STILL applies.