Originally Posted by
hvydvr
Lot of NYC layovers and first wave departures in the ATL bid package. Looks like they shifted it back. Going to be a lot more resilient in the mornings. Maybe someone pulled their head out at the last second.
Always should have done that. Spreadsheet fiat may say to stuff everything into an NYC base to save on hotels but its always going to be a 90-something percent commuter base that's operationally vulnerable. Overnighting crews in hotels for the pre-dawn raid fleet launch makes way more sense than pretending to stage crews "in base" that will never live there and many of those who do have drive times that require 2-3AM wake ups.