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DHC8DRV
You may both be kinda correct. The word I have heard is that in the “new” gates being built, Spirit and Alaska will be consolidated to the east end and get 6 gates (all common use but that’s where they will be) and then SWA gets all the other gates in C including the 3 vacated by Alaska and Spirit. So in the end we will grow by 13 gates. Have also heard the plan is DEN being 900 pilots a side by the time the expansion is complete.
so that's another 800 pilots in DEN. Plus they want LAX to be at 500 crew as well. (300 crew as of now I believe. )
By my math that's 1200 new pilots in what a year?
I dont see it but it does sound like a good goal.
Now wait for the company to say we can only grow this much if you take a cost neutral contract.
I have heard this mega base rumor at DEN for years now and I believe that's the goal. I might disagree with the time frame though.