Originally Posted by
MikeF16
For the company it's great -- all the benefits of another base without any of the associated costs or contractual protections to the pilot group. For some commuters it would obviously be great. For somebody who made the sacrifice to uproot their family to live in base it sucks big time and is a major concession.
Well Mike,
I hope for your sanity you moved to Atlanta because almost any other base could be subject to closing or drawing down. I think you are a pretty new hire so I don't think you were here right after the merger. A lot of guys moved to Atlanta only to find out they were getting displaced due to aircraft realignment after the merger. So it can even happen at Fortress Atlanta.
That being said, a virtual base may not be in the best interest of the pilot group and if that is the case then everyone needs to vote appropriately.