Originally Posted by
airbus300
I didn't know that your Amazon flying started and stopped in CVG. About 492 out of roughly 500 of our pilots would be eligible for a paid for ticket to get us at ATI into position in that case,, so they would not be saving much money by getting rid of our home basing.
Again we are CVG based...all our pairings have to by contract start and end in domicile. That said if the trip actually starts somewhere other than CVG the company has to get you there, if its KILN they will limo you there, if its ABE they will airline you there. If they got rid of your home basing I am guessing they would be smart enough to pick 1 or 2 domiciles and try to start and stop the flights there just like every other airline does that does not have home basing.
Home basing is common in ACMI due to the tendency to have pop up last minute and 1 off type flying. Not so common when you have regularly scheduled flying. UPS and FDX like most passenger carriers have domiciles and do not home base. There is very little need in the DHL system as our flight always start in DHL's hub. Amazon will not see a huge value in it either when the super hub is open in CVG. It is just a cost to be used for your management to use to beat you down for QOL contract items as they could run the airline just fine if they scheduled thru a couple of domiciles.
So in the end they ( your company) would save huge if they got rid of home basing as you would now be responsible for getting yourself to domicile. Typically that would involve driving an hour or so and riding an airplane to work....similar to what you do now.