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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.
I never said those bases would close, and would most likely grow larger than current B6 staffing, however there is significant overlap on many routes. Nearly every B6/NK flight going south practically fly in formation. Does that translate to double daily demand, or a couple extra frequencies a week?
I’m also not saying they all will get shipped off to JFK/BOS either. My point was that there is no guarantee that the 500ish NK pilots in MCO or 1000ish NK pilots in FLL can all sleep comfortably knowing they are in no danger of becoming commuters.