Originally Posted by
SSlow
IAH has the worst thunderstorms in the country and UA seems to be able to figure it out, and it probably has less to do with weather and more to do with them not waiting hours to get rescheduled or find a hotel.
So yes it is possible to run a heavily utilized operation out of Florida, otherwise we would just move everything to the perfect year round weather of Saint Diego and call it a day.
United melts down just fine. What’s the nearest UAL base to IAH? Denver? It’s a rare day when a singular event can shut down 2-3 bases simultaneously for them. For NKS it just takes a cold front running from ATL to south Florida. And it’s 2 of our 3 busiest bases.
UAL assuredly does this better than NKS does, but it’s also an apples to oranges comparison. How does WN handle it would be a better comparison. Whether that’s Florida or Texas getting TSRA+ed.