Originally Posted by
Avroman
That solution would poop all over every pilot on property. By far the most senior base being closed would create a cascading displacement that would be about as ugly as could be. It's probably why CVG has become a 100+ rooms a night "outstation" rather than a large crew base at the expense of closing MSP and DTW. The consolidation of bases isn't worth the trouble it'd cause.
So then maintaining the MSP base and flying through New York ain't as bad?