Originally Posted by
usernamehere
This is interesting. My view of virtual basing up to this point was that it would provide pilots with more flexibility in where they live etc. At least if the rules were written right. Anyway, I'm curious what going on in this area.
My last airline dabbled with that.
Upside: Home basing for some folks who don't want to live at the hub.
The downside for home based pilots: Small pool of trips, few options, limited flexibility.
The downside for everybody else: Dilutes trip pool and likely trip efficiency at the hub.
I'd be careful with this one. Even if you get protections, nobody knows enough about it to predict what rules you need. I don't know how the company would do reserves.