Because Guam serves the Asia/Pacific market, it is still being hit HARD by COVID. What you’re seeing is pretty much what they’ve got right now, plus some very limited inter-island flying. There are a lot of reserves currently, to the point it seems like keeping the base staffed as it is has more to do with being able to spool back up quickly than it does with meeting current flying needs.

That said, even pre-COVID, the flying had died off from its heyday in the past. Basically, you had your day turns to Japan- NRT, KIX, FUK, NGO (all one day local trips- no layovers); plus overnight turns to MNL & the islands. Then of course the island hopper- run as a 3 or 4 day trip. Unsurprisingly, seniority largely followed waking hours, with day trips going senior & all nighters going junior. That SPN trip goes very senior because for 5 hours you leave early in the morning & get home in time for a late breakfast.

I’d expect the eventual economic rebound to look something like that, although there’s always the hope that they’ll add some new destinations or bring back some old favorites.

The benefit is you’re home a lot (either at night or during the day), the downside is there’s not that many destinations, so it tends to get boring, and new guys WILL be flying at night.

The biggest benefit of the base in my opinion is more about the lifestyle & less about the flying.