Originally Posted by
tennisguru
To some extent I agree with you, but then again with so many pilots commuting from there I’m sure a FL base would go very senior, boosting everyone’s seniority in the bases they vacate.
According to ALPAs pilot commuting data, we only have about 200 pilots who commute out of South Florida to bases north. But there are close to 600 commuters out of Central Florida area and another 300+ up on the pan handle.
If opening a FL base is an attempt to satisfy commuters, I highly doubt DL will put the base in South Florida. We just don’t have that many commuters in that part of the state.