Originally Posted by
nuball5
How is LAX any different than those other undesirable cities you’re referring to? If anything it’s worse.
The company isn’t going to open a domicile unless it makes business sense. It’s always been an airline that takes people from NY and Boston to Florida at it’s core. They’ll never open another base as a means to try an curb attrition. I’m not even sure that would even solve the attrition issues. Just head over to the Frontier or Spirit forums, who both have Midwest and Florida bases for that answer.
Several JFK Bus pilots commute from SEA/PDX to JFK because the flying out of LAX is so terrible. Pilots keep leaving because LAX sucks AND it's senior. That said, there are tons of west coast pilots who
might stay if they grew it and/or improved the pairing set.
I'd argue that JBs core is just has much transcons at this point, especially with Mint as large as it is now.