Originally Posted by
pilot64golfer
No. Opening means opening a new category, never existed. Closing means closing and not reopening. If they closed and reopened the IAH Guppy base I'd completely agree. What they did to ORD was essentially a flush.
Technically all MOUs are "special deals". But the IAH guppy displacement isn't any different than any other displacement. Its not a base closure nor a base opening.
I guess we will see if the MEC agrees with you when this proposal comes to them to vote on.
So the "guppy" base in IAD is not new according to your definition. Didn't you have one there before the merger? Closing a base is closing a base. Opening a category is the same. The amount of time it is closed before it is reopened is irrelevant. It was a special deal given to a special few and was wrong. Now everyone wants and deserves the same.