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No. If anything, I'd say the opposite is more likely. I think ATSG would very much like to see home basing go away (and as ATI becomes more Amazon-centric, it starts to make much less sense), and there is not that much interest in home basing at ABX. Our contract approximately matches theirs in terms of total cost. We got much of the value of home basing in fewer work days and better DC contribution & matching.
How is ABX handling their Amazon flying without home basing right now? Have their pilots jumpseat to Sacramento to start, jumpseat home from Wilmington? Next month, jumpseat to BWI, jumpseat home from Seattle? I am not sure how ATI could do it without buying us tickets when the start and stop cities constantly change.