Originally Posted by
BNUT
Begs the question (from my feeble brain at least) of could a Central Florida pilot base potentially alleviate some of the constraints that exist and will only get worse in the Florida market: weather, limited hotel rooms, airspace? Is the primary driver of a base only number of departures?
I was thinking the same thing this weekend as an A321 diverted to PBI and flight crew timed out with last arrival to PBI canceled. Imagine if you had a small MCO base staffed with the right variety of BES's, in a pinch you could with a 3hr drive cover stranded flights in at least 8+ FL airports served by mainline.