Originally Posted by
navlys
Forgive me. I did mean to post in the Alaska forum because my pilot friend flies for Alaska. I am not a pilot, nor am I associated with anything related to aviation, so I don't understand many of the acronyms. I only know that as late as last October, he said there was a lot of talk about it within the company. I merely wanted to get some information. I apologize if it was a dumb question.
Regards,
Laura
Oh you were serious, sorry I'll put my sarcasm aside.
No, there is no talks or chance of any Washington DC base. The only east coast pilot base shut down last year. If there was any inkling of an east coast base, it would be New York but clearly AS doesn't think the current number of flights to EWR/JFK necessitate a pilot base. Now at the original VX for a very short period of time the company did experiment with some pairings originating/terminating out of IAD, a virtual base if you will. But from what I understand it did not last long. That was over 10 yrs ago. Don't count on any east coast or mid-country pilot base at Alaska. It would probably take another merger to make that a reality.