Supposedly BOS is going to generate 260 departures starting by the summer next year according to folks at the base. With that much traffic and international departures, I dont see how you could accomplish this without a pilot base. Imagine someone calling in sick or having an accident on the way into work(hope not) nearest base NYC would take around 4 hours to get a pilot in for backup. According to the guys at Park Plaza and at the Revere we have nearly 200+ pilots in hotels every night. Average per night off season is around $360, according to Plaza manager I spoke with. That's a lot of money on hotels! So seems to me a BOS base makes a lot of sense, as does MCO.