Originally Posted by
Macjet
When MCO opened it stagnated LAS, DFW, ORD, and DTW. ACY is what it is on staffing and FLL is always adding pilots. So no, not just me, but a significant number of junior Captains and numerous FO's wanting to get into their bases of choice. New hires are great for system wide seniority but they're insignificant for in base seniority. Long term more bases provided more flexibility, and I suspect we'll see even more as we're a point-to-point airline and not a hub and spoke, but short term it's a significant QOL killer as you ride seniority or can't get into your base. Did you miss the other discussions from other posters discussing how long it is to get into a base and to not even worry about a line for 1.5+ years?
I don't think there's really any question anymore about the 737Max. If we were going to order more 320's we had ample opportunity to announce such at airshows and trade conventions this summer. The only reason to delay an announcement is to coincide such with Boeings triumphant return to the skies. You don't really want to announce an order for broken bird.
Faster upgrade with two fleets? I'm genuinely curious why that would be. Do you think some 320 FO's would stay put and not upgrade at all instead of upgrading into the 73?
I didn't say the sky was falling. I said that adding new bases and a second fleet will kill QOL which is not incorrect. New hires and upgrades going into other bases and another fleet do nothing to improve the relative seniority of anyone in the existing bases. Reading comprehension obviously ain't your thing.
The only way this scenario could play out differently is if a new base were a desirable on for senior folks flushing them out of entrenched domiciles. BWI ain’t it. Hell even middle seniority folks won’t want it. It’ll be super junior and stagnation will continue everywhere else.
I love a growing airline and system seniority for job security but opening new bases at the expense of growing current ones is a qol holding pattern for most as we’ve seen. FLL is done once the two new gates open and the runway opens so a tittle movement for some on the bottom in the near term. Long term there is nothing more there. Its maxed out even if they wanted growth there. It’s going to be a big ACY before long. Ord probably the same because of gate space. LAS and DFW we can get gates I expect but for some reason they aren’t interested in growing those domiciles instead of our new super hub MCO. Bwi is a dump hope it never happens.