Because this is what we should be arguing about, the merits of closing/reducing/gutting bases.
Even if turned out to be the most effective operational decision they ever made and it still sucks for the the guys who are now made commuters. It’s a gut punch for those that put in years to upgrade there, or those who turned down other jobs to be here.
There’s nothing we can do in the short term to change that, so our goal should be getting us all paid.