Originally Posted by
SeamusTheHound
Take, for example, the Azores flight that launches on the Max next summer. You think United is going to do ORCA training and qualification on the whole EWR base for just one oceanic trip? That trip will probably be flown by CLE pilots via a EWR layover and UA saves on training hundreds of pilots.
A small base like CLE has value in that alone.
The fleet is already ORCA qualified. Just take the Atlantic WOM exam and the captains will have to do a supervised trip just other airports. HI isn’t base specific, it’s oceanic, and just as far.