Originally Posted by
el jefe
The company probably surprised AA with the UA announcement and still needs to come up with a draw down plan for our AA flying. DCA will probably be the first to go this summer.
We will probably see the closure of PHL/DCA/ORF as crew bases once the transition starts, ORF will be a RON MX base only as well as MKE and CAE. The UA flying out of our AA bases is not enough to support crew bases, people who live in PHL/ORF should expect to learn how to commute. If you're butthurt about suddenly having to commute, ask the DEN/ORD guys what it was like back in 2006.
There aren't that many direct United flights between ORD and PHL, but they are on big airplanes and run about half full. The last time I visited Chicago, it was on an A320 and almost everyone had their own row. It was nice.