Originally Posted by
turbojet28
I’ve asked before and no one really answered. Are the actual daily departures and/or block hours operated out of DTW/ORD/DFW being reduced? Or was the planned displacement a result of these domiciles having served as “stockpile” bases and now that the airline declared its intention to operate with more turns and 2-day trips, it just makes more sense to redistribute crews based on the new theory of pairing construction?
Due to attrition levels they can't staff ATL and eventually IAH by normal means. So to some extent the reductions are intended to get the staffing numbers up for these new domiciles quickly, which is an apparent priority.