Originally Posted by
Captainbfv
Take a look at your cristal ball or magic 8 ball gents... What 9 bases do you all think will remain? I'll start:
1- LAS
2- IWA
3- BLI
4- VPS
5- SFB
6- PIE
7- PGD
8- PVU
9- DSM/GRR?
LAS, PVU, IWA, SFB, PIE, PGD, CVG, PIT, FLL. Pretty much the bases as they were back in 2014 except BLI gets replaced with PVU. That's the rollback we're talking about here. 600 pilots, 70 a/c, 9 bases.
Closed bases get vacancy reduced and pilots aren't given displacement rights. Union swoops in at the last minute and negotiates limited rights then pats themselves on the back for "winning" again. All the older CRT 320s and the 319s get parked. No furloughs, they let attrition bleed it down. Some captain downgrades are inevitable.
This won't happen in one fell swoop, it will take place over a couple of years. It will be sold as a great thing, similar to the 80 drawdown. Turning G4 back into a lean mean fighting machine or something like that.