Originally Posted by
FahQ2
That’s assuming that B6 intends to grow FLL and MCO by the roughly half of NK pilots currently based there. Both are senior bases for JetBlue. It could be argued that bottom seniority half of Florida based pilots are just as likely to become commuters as the mid continent bases on the bubble currently
I really don’t think B6, or F9 for that matter, wants to give up much in what would be new fortress hubs. I’m sure some of the flying, planes and crews would be shifted around, but those bases aren’t going anywhere. I could very easily see one or two mid continent bases being eliminated. I could be wrong, but none of the other major airlines have Houston, Dallas, O’Hare and Detroit as bases though most have a mixture of a few. Somebody is likely on the chopping block.
There’s an interesting dynamic here where neither company probably wants to advertise future planning and usage, but at the same time they have such attrition issues that they need to advertise such to stem the tide and give crew members some certainty moving forward.