Originally Posted by Macjet

No, it isn't growing. DFW has fluctuated from 99 to 106 FO's for the last year. 1 vacancy is well within the 'margin of error'. But, none of the other bases are growing as well that I watch (ORD and LAS, my numbers for DTW and ACY don't go back as far) but FLL is growing by leaps and bounds. FLL added 17 FO's (this is where I mistakenly got the 17 number for DFW) from July to August. Why we're adding so much out of FLL is outside of my scope.

This is and always will be a little B.S. airline. Everything that we do will be, and Bob is right, low tier to everyone else except probably Allegiant. I expect jetBlue +5% or so on the numbers with a compromise on transition. But NK will never lead the pack and that's OK. We aren't Delta, American, or United. And most of our pilots couldn't get hired at those three and Miramar knows that. There are advantages here that suit some people and right now it does me. But I won't commute for this 'let's drive to Long Beach, the Galleria, and Livonia to save a buck airline' if they close DFW. I'll put my stuff out, as everyone should, and if I get a better offer I'll take it.

I'm not married to NK and it doesn't define who I am. I fly for money and have to balance that against time at home and QOL at both home and on the road. The second another outfit tips the scale I'm gone. Simple as that.