I doubt TSA will open another base. Even with all of the flying they do or have done out of PIT, ORD, and IAD, they've gone for years with just the RIC and STL bases. It seems to work for them so far. Another base wouldn't be terrible, but you definitely don't want to end up with what we've got here at CHQ. All of these outstation bases really hurt our schedules by spreading the flying over too many lines. I haven't looked closely at the distances, but off the top of my head I'd be willing to bet that all of our 145 bases are within a five-hour drive of another base. Now that CLE is opening, we've got three bases in Ohio alone.
I'm happy for the TSA pilot group that you guys are getting more flying. I don't know how you'll staff it (especially on the CA side) considering what I hear from the people who are still there, but I don't know of many harder-working groups of pilots.