Originally Posted by
FahQ2
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.
Theres valid points here, but the differences is that most of those crew members need not fear being displaced whereas everyone at a closed base is now a permanent commuter or uprooting their lives. Junior people at any base probably need to be aware of their precarious position in a merger, but then there’s fences and other things that might mitigate issues for a few years at least.