Originally Posted by
DENflyer
I have heard that rumor since AWAC started flying for USair. It would be nice to have a base out West but, I don't think it will ever pan out. Of course, I have been wrong before.
I do know this, USair and its express carriers are cutting a bunch of flights out of PIT in January. Where all of AWACs rjs end up is anybodys guess. I just hope its not LGA!!!
I think the LGA base is not as certain as it appears. Not saying it won't happen, but there are some issues there. The NYC Port Authority would like to reduce or even eliminate 50-seat or less flying out of LGA. Personally, I think there are better ways to fix LGA, but foolishly, nobody is asking me....
Anyway, don't count on any rumors you hear. Anywhere. But especially at AWAC. Anything that ever happens here is never rumored. And if it is rumored you can be pretty sure it won't happen.
We have PHL, DCA and ORF and I wouldn't make plans based on anything else at the moment.
FWIW, the way to fix LGA is to enforce stricter slot limits and have a Ground Metering frequency like at ORD. Or else have an inbound and outbound Ground freq. But I think just having a Ground Metering like ORD would solve a lot of the radio congestion, which is a bigger part of the total problem than some people are letting on.
Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming....