Originally Posted by
rickair7777
One would hope. How do they do long haul if they have to stop and let everybody off for a lunch break every four hours?
So they're going to totally abdicate Cali? Shrink to 1800 pilots? How's that going to align with their commuter-hating philosophy?
Although they could hypothetically close the bases and start/end every trip with DHD's from SEA. Which the CA would locals would simply not take. Big productivity hit. Maybe a LAS base would be better, less impact on FDP and less DHD pay.
🤔 Really, it’s not hard. Build 4 and 5 day trips that start and end in SEA & PDX… there will be some DH’s but it will work. JFK base will help, maybe a BOI, LAS, SLC, PHX. It’s going to take a little transferring of the network. It’s early but small bases in all four would help but they can get it all done with just larger SEA and PDX bases for now. To grow in the future, well that’s gonna take some new bases.
There will be no huge attrition on the pilot side… Every major airline will end up closing CA bases, it doesn’t work with those laws.
I guess we will just have to wait and see what UAL does with us in the future.