Originally Posted by
CLazarus
And frankly, I'd wager that DEN would get the largest individual portion of the flying regardless as this would be the more efficient thing to do..
...Not real efficient to do such flying with crews from other bases (and yes, I'm sure crews from other bases do at least some of it).
We've made amazing strides coming off the J-Lo era, but efficiency and how an airline staffs trips/ID's isn't a similar/same mindset between pilots and Willis tower, Elk Grove, Smith street, what have you.
Originally Posted by
CLazarus
There are rumors of another international destination possibly coming for DEN too.
And that would be great. But is has NOTHING to do with DEN becoming junior. I mean, a "WB" (even if lumped into 756) slot in DEN being junior, REALLY? Sure, the amount of feed that has to increase to support that destination goes up, etc. But that additinal airbus from DSM/CID/OKC/RAP/BOI/GEG or wherever may not be flown by a DEN based crew. Let alone if its supplemented to (insert regional feeder here)
Ask "Airhoss" how that worked out for him.